Introduction Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) is a severe form of pneumonia – an inflammation of the lungs due to an infection by Sars coronavirus, a strain first identified in 2003. The name Sars was coined by the World Health Organisation on March 15, 2003. Between November 2002 and July 2003, an outbreak of SARS in southern China caused an eventual 8,096 cases. Bats and civet cats were likely the original host of the virus and both were harvested for their meat and served as delicacies in China. People get infected when they come into close contact with the body fluid of an infected person. Global Spread SARS was carried out of the Guangdong Province on February 21, 2003, when an infected medical doctor spent a single night on …show more content…
(Incident) How Sars affected Singapore The outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in Singapore began in February 2003 when a young woman who had been infected while holidaying abroad returned to Singapore. She set off a series of transmission events here that spread the SARS virus to 238 people, 33 of whom died. Besides Singapore, more than 20 other countries also reported SARS cases during this global epidemic. After the implementation of various stringent measures, including home quarantine, blanket screening of incoming travellers and school closures, the outbreak in Singapore was contained in May 2003. Description SARS first reached Singapore in late February 2003 with the return of three Singaporean women from Hong Kong, where they had stayed at Metropole Hotel and caught the virus from an infected hotel guest (a doctor from Guangzhou, China). They were hospitalised for pneumonia between 1 March and 3 March. Two of them recovered without infecting anyone. However one of them, Esther Mok, infected 22 close contacts and sparked the outbreak in
The Sudan strain of Ebola began with a shopkeeper named Yu G. This strain spread throughout his district. A more horrible outbreak occurred in Zaire which started from the use of dirty needles in a medical clinic. Although many hundreds died, Preston gave details of a nurse named Mayinga N who was infected at Ngalemia Hospital.
Due October 19th, 2015 Erin Gibbs: 200270053 Dr. Andrew Cameron Bio 222 Written Assignment 1 1. Health officials realized that the mysterious illness was not caused by a bacterium because the pathogen would be identified quickly in comparison to a virus, which is more complicated (CBC, 2013). 2. It was hard to identify the infectious agent because SARS presented as flu-like symptoms with a rapid onset and is similar to the common flu (CBC, 2013). People who had other underlying health problems made it difficult to identify symptoms of SARS because it made it hard to differentiate (CDC, 2013).
The primary source I chose for my analysis is “A Most Terrible Plague: Giovanni Boccaccio”. This document focuses on the account of how individuals acted when a plague broke out and hundreds of people were dying every day. This source is written by Giovanni Boccaccio as it is a story told by him and friends as they passed the time. Boccaccio discusses how “the plague had broken out some years before in the Levant, and after passing from place to place, and making incredible havoc along the way, had now reached the west.” Readers of this source can assume there wasn’t much cures and medicinal technology weren’t used much during this time as even their physicians stayed away from the sick because once they got close they would also get sick.
Entire town populations were desicrated. Ten million deaths roughly. A recent outbreak occured in the 20th century in the 1960's and 70's during the Vietnam war. As of 2008, a case of a 16 year old boy was confirmed to have the plague and was in the Sarharan
The plague raged throughout Europe from the fifteenth to the eighteenth century evoking various responses from the people who experienced its terror. It affected all regions of Europe, killing one-third of the population. Various responses to the plague expressed different beliefs and concerns including exploitation, fear, and religious superstition. During the course of the plague these beliefs and concerns underwent change. During the outbreak of the plague fear dominated Europe, and as time passed fear became more irrational and superstitious.
A reason why the first outbreak had a higher death rate was said to be because of the humidity. Humid temperatures helped it
Like the Spanish Flu, Covid-19 is a highly contagious virus that led to a global crisis, becoming a pandemic. Both pandemics have claimed millions of lives worldwide, causing widespread devastation. However, advancements in medical science have allowed for rapid vaccine development, providing a significant remedy against Covid-19. Vaccination efforts have played a crucial role in gaining immunity and controlling the spread of the
Task 2 C228 V2 Breanna Bras Western Governors University An example of a communicable disease outbreak that crossed international borders is the H1N1 influenza virus, also known as “swine flu”. The H1N1 flu outbreak was originally discovered in April 2009. The first known occurrence originated in Mexico and then was detected in the United States soon after. By May 2009, the H1N1 flu virus was confirmed to have spread to a total of 39 countries including: Spain, United Kingdom, Panama, Colombia, Brazil, Italy, China, France, Korea, New Zealand, Japan, Ireland, Germany, Argentina, El Salvador, Belgium, Denmark, Australia, Peru, Norway, India, Austria, Thailand Cuba, Sweden, Portugal, Ecuador, Finland, Guatemala, Israel, Malaysia, Netherlands, Turkey and Poland ("Latest news on swine flu", 2009).
Symptoms are nausea and vomiting, bloody diarrhea, joint and muscle aches, chest pain and cough, stomach pain and severe weight loss. “It spreads to people by contact with the skin or bodily fluids of an infected animal, like a monkey, chimp, or fruit bat. Then it moves from person to person the same way. Those who care for a sick person or bury someone who has died from the disease often get it” (Cassoobhoy, web, 2014). There is no cure for this disease so the best way to avoid getting it is to not travel to places where it is
Influenza Pandemic 0f 1918-19 The influenza pandemic killed more people than World War I. “According to Taber 's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary, influenza is “an acute, contagious respiratory infection characterized by sudden onset, fever, chills, headache, myalgia(muscle pain), and sometimes prostration”. Due to the lack of doctors knowledge, The influenza pandemic( Spanish Flu) spread fast. Conversely, military historians have paid little attention to a deadly disease which underlines the reciprocal relationship between battlefield and homefront.¨ Lack of doctors not knowing about influenza. People not knowing how to deal with it.
“The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History” by John Barry is a great book for anyone who wants to know about the history of diseases that made an impact on the worlds history. Even though John Barry was not necessarily a doctor, he did know a lot about history and how diseases work. John Barry said “How prepared are we for a new pandemic? At this writing we are not prepared at all” (Barry). John Barry’s book shows us that we need to be very careful when it comes to diseases and our health.
Smallpox is a highly contagious and fatal disease that had a huge impact on the human population. It is thought to have been originated from India or Egypt at least 3,000 years ago. Smallpox is caused by two variations of the variola virus, variola major and variola minor. Variola major is the most common form of smallpox. It enters the body through the lungs and is carried to the internal organs.
•The flu spread through human carriers, shipping lines, and along trade routes.
Infection control refers to action devoted to policies and procedures that reduce the risk of spreading infections, reduce the occurrence of diseases caused by bacteria and viruses, parasite. The infectious diseases are normally spread by human to human, human to animal contact or by ingestion of food, droplet in the air, and contact with a surface that is the vehicle of the infective agent. H1N1, commonly known as the swine flu, a viral infection, was a cause of 2009 world-wide pandemic. The virus was first found in pigs, but a similar virus also found in humans. The virus spreads in a same manner as any other seasonal flu, mainly by droplets (small particles in the air) when an infected person coughs, sneezes or even talks, but also by touching
It criss-crossed the planet in a matter of months, following the sinews of war, moving from China, to North America, to Europe, to Africa, and then back again, killing millions in the process. The flu was thus a global disaster precipitated and best understood as a consequence of the transnational and novel nature of the First World War. In the view of Oxford and his colleagues the peculiar conditions of trench warfare allowed these local outbreaks to emerge as a new pandemic virus, incubated by a lethal combination of gas, filth, overcrowding, and human cohabitation with livestock, specifically pigs and fowl. Oxford and colleagues assume that the pandemic’s explosion in the summer and autumn of 1918 can be explained by the massive movements of demobilized armies. They write: ‘demobilization in the autumn of 1918 would have provided an ideal set of circumstances for intimate person-to-person spread and wide dispersion as young soldiers returned home by sea and rail to countries around the entire