Epidemics+Class+Projects+DB

Outbreaks and Epidemics 1347-48: Bubonic Plague, Black Death:BLAIR http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/epidemic/section_07/secseven_pg_11.html

1493: Syphilis In Europe: MASSEY http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/epidemic/section_07/secseven_pg_15.html - Started in France - Used to kill people in just months - Sexually transmitted

1500s Small Pox Epidemics among Native Americans: EMILY http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=5100 -Symtpoms- small rashes/blister, itching, scabbing - Native Americans- abut 30% of population have small pox - Greatly spread though the culture - European settlers arrived and got it - Can be spread within 6 feet of face to face contact - Now there are vaccinations - Wound care, infection control

1854: Cholera In London:KAT http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/epidemic/section_07/secseven_pg_08.html - cholera- an acute diarrhea illness - caused from contaminated water - severe outbreak in London in 1854 --> many people were getting very sick an no one knew why --> many cholera victims were drawing their water from the same pump --> John Snow- British scientist who discovered the cholera

1918: Flu Pandemic:CHANDLER http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/3318/02.html - attacked 1/5 of the world's population - transmitted through the air - now there is a vaccine - fall of 1918 - some people could survive for a few days at best - lungs filled with fluid and they would die - young adults and children were hit hardest

1975-76: Lyme Disease In Connecticut:PATRICIA http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/epidemic/section_07/secseven_pg_12.html - Old Lyme, Connetictut - in one year peopole experienced uncommon juvenile heumatoid arthritis, including swollen or stiff joints, rashes - population increased, ticks moved from deer to people - treatment- antibiotics - results in a multitude of problems - "great imitator"

1976: Legionnaire's Disease In Philadelphia: KEATON http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/epidemic/section_07/secseven_pg_06.html - infectious disease caused by bacteria - aquatic bacteria that lives in warm environments

1992: E. coli outbreaks In Western U.S.: DEDE http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/epidemic/section_07/secseven_pg_14.html

1993: Cryptosporidiosis In Milwaukee:RJ http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/epidemic/section_07/secseven_pg_09.html - outbreak in Milwaukee, made sick about 400,000 people, killed more than 100 - duration of illness-9 days - 1993 - watery diarrhea, abdominal cramps, vomitting

1980s To Today: AIDS Worldwide:CAROLINE http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/epidemic/section_07/secseven_pg_16.html -33 million people have AIDS worldwide - can be transmitted sexually or through needle or blood transfusions - became a pandemic - killed 330,000 children in 2007 - affects CD4+ T cells and macrophages

1990s to Today: Ebola outbreaks:HARRISON http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/Spb/mnpages/dispages/ebola.htm> - Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever - severe- often fatal diease in humans and primates - started in 1976 - only been in Africa - symtoms- internal bleeding, body breaks down

2002: SARS Outbreaks:FAITH http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severe_acute_respiratory_syndrome - what is SARS?- Severe Acute respiratory Syndrome -symptoms, fever, cough, sore throat, high fever

Present: Avian (Bird) Flu Outbreaks:BILL http://www.cdc.gov/flu/avian/outbreaks - Thailand 2004- evidence of human to human spread