TTC Video - An Introduction to Infectious Diseases With Barry C. Fox

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TTC Video - An Introduction to Infectious Diseases With Barry C. Fox

2015 | Course No. 1511 | .M4V, AVC, 2000 kbps, 640x360 | English, AAC, 128 kbps, 2 Ch | 24x30 mins | + PDF Guidebook | 11.39 GB

Lecturer: Professor Barry C. Fox M.D.

 

Infectious diseases touch the lives of everyone on the planet. On a worldwide scale, infectious diseases account for 26% of all deaths, second only to cardiovascular diseases. And unlike chronic diseases, infectious diseases are unique in their potential for explosive global impacts.

 

In fact, infectious diseases have shaped the course of human events numerous times:

 

The fall of the Roman Empire: Malaria may have contributed to the fall of the Roman Empire. Romans were used to the non-fatal strain of vivax malaria, but later encountered a new mosquito species that brought the deadly fal[beeep]rum malaria form.

World War I: Tuberculosis was so rampant in the French army that 150,000 troops were sent home. In total, the countries involved in WWI lost over a million citizens to TB.

 

World War II: Many battles in the South Pacific between U.S. and Japanese armies were solely for the purpose of securing islands that supported the growth of quinine-the first and most important antimalarial compound at the time. More soldiers died in the South Pacific from malaria than actual combat!

 

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