ANTC68H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Social Stigma, Scapegoating, Epidemiological Transition
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Persistence of chronic non-infectious diseases, newly emergent and re-emergent infectious diseases. Anthropocene: relating to or denoting the current geological age, viewed as the period during which human activity has been the dominant influence on climate and the environment. Severe alteration in the normal functioning of a social system. Extreme disruption can lead to social disintegration. Responses with none of these effects have less negative biological impact. Acute intestinal bacterial disease of vibrio cholerae 01 (classical and el tor biotypes) and 0139. Bacteria sensitive to high temperatures, acidity, dry conditions. Incubation period of 1-2 days; transmission through contaminated food, water and utensils; importance of seasonality. Comment [ag1]: these are social phenomenon that make the disease worse, they are social consequences of disease. Comment [ag3]: causes an increase in incidence rates. Comment [ag4r3]: incidence (number of new cases of disease) vs prevalence (total number of cases) Comment [ag5r3]: we can figure out how the disease is spreading by calculating the incidence rate.
