GG231 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: 1918 Flu Pandemic, Yellow Fever, Emerging Infectious Disease
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Term used to describe the movement of diseases. It refers to animal agents that transfer the disease from one host to another typically vectors are insect and rodents. for example, mosquitos can transfer west nile virus overall the spread of disease will occur if. Population is not immune to include carriers. Susceptibility to disease increase through conditions such as malnutrition transmission rates can increase because of. Physical events such as sewer and water main rupture resulting in fecal contamination. Lack of routine programs of disease control which spread endemic diseases such as cholera. Overcrowding in refugee camps educate map below. Most cases of avian influenza are located in south east asia. Hot spots for emerging infectious disease transmitted by animals are found to be conceited in the same areas as the above diseases. map showing centers of a number of emerging diseases. Ebola is concreted in two regions central africa and south east asia.
