Common Infectious Disease

Infectious Disease Transmission in Tropical Environments Mary Dain ESPM 194 Spring 2007

Worldwide Infectious Disease World Health Organization at http://www.who.int/whosis/whostat2006highlights/en/index4.html

What is an infectious disease? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Bacteria ,[object Object],[object Object],Illinois Department of Health: http://www.idph.state.il.us/public/hb/hbsam.htm

Viruses ,[object Object],[object Object],Scientific American, 1995. At: http://www.wellesley.edu/Chemistry/Chem101/hiv/HIV-1.html

Protozoa ,[object Object],[object Object],Helveticum Instituticum Tropologicum, at: http://www.infektionsbiologie.ch/parasitologie/index.html

Helminth ,[object Object],[object Object],CDC Public Health Image Library http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/quicksearch.asp

Communicable Diseases in the Environment ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Transmission ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Cholera ,[object Object],[object Object]

Cholera’s habits ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Photo curteosy of Sudan Watch blog: http://sudanwatch.blogspot.com/2006/02/drilling-for-sudans-drinking-water-is.html

What it does: ,[object Object],[object Object],Dr. Wim Hol, U Washington at: http://depts.washington.edu/biowww/faculty/hol.html

This results in: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Human Defenses ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The Future of Cholera ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Schistosomiasis ,[object Object],[object Object]

Transmission ,[object Object],[object Object],Shistosomiasis Forum, Human Diseases and Conditions, at: http://www.humanillnesses.com/Infectious-Diseases-My-Si/Schistosomiasis.html

CDC: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Schistosomiasis_Life_Cycle.jpeg

Effects ,[object Object],[object Object],http://www.mansfield.ohio-state.edu/~sabedon/black11_files/image023.jpg

Blood in Urine www1.imperial.ac.uk/.../schisto_children.jpg

Infection Process ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Remediation ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],http://www.photographersdirect.com/stockimages/y/yangze.asp?ms=y

Dam-Building ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],http://www.schillerinstitute.org/economy/phys_econ/phys_econ_3_gorges.html

Future of Schistosomiasis ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Guinea Worm ,[object Object],[object Object]

Problem: Communal Water Source ,[object Object],[object Object]

Eradication is on the Horizon ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],www.medgaget.com , with permission published by wikipedia.org

The Big Respiratory Threat of 2007: Tuberculosis ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

What it Does: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Tuberculosis at large ,[object Object],http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/rxforsurvival/series/diseases/tuberculosis.html ,[object Object]

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MDR-TB ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

DOTS ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The Future of Tuberculosis ,[object Object]

Malaria ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Effects ,[object Object],[object Object],www.worldpress.org/Africa/2293.cfm

Four types, Two hosts ,[object Object],[object Object]

Encarta pictures at: http://encarta.msn.com/media_461541582/Life_Cycle_of_the_Malaria_Parasite.html

Treatment ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Time Magazine image: http://img.timeinc.net/time/asia/magazine/2001/1203/refugee_camp.jpg

Human behavior Affects Transmission ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Malaria Remediation Efforts ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

DDT ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

One More Factor in Infectious Disease Prevalence ,[object Object],[object Object]

Conclusions ,[object Object],[object Object]

Source Material ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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