Infectious diseases have had some pretty major impacts on human history… and that’s putting it mildly. Here are 6 diseases that shaped human history

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Sources:

Plague
https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/01/140129-justinian-plague-black-death-bacteria-bubonic-pandemic/
http://jmvh.org/article/the-history-of-plague-part-1-the-three-great-pandemics/
https://www.ancient.eu/article/782/justinians-plague-541-542-ce/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22767313
http://www.cfsph.iastate.edu/Factsheets/pdfs/plague.pdf
http://www.austincc.edu/microbio/2704l/pla.htm
http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2027479_2027486_2027547,00.html
https://www.history.com/topics/black-death

Smallpox
http://www.mountvernon.org/digital-encyclopedia/article/disease-in-the-revolutionary-war/
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/health-and-human-body/human-diseases/smallpox/
https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/first/o/oldstone-viruses.html
http://www.pbs.org/gunsgermssteel/variables/smallpox.html
http://www.who.int/csr/disease/smallpox/faq/en/
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/11/european-diseases-left-genetic-mark-native-americans

Syphilis
https://www.cdc.gov/std/syphilis/stdfact-syphilis-detailed.htm
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/may/17/syphilis-sex-fear-borgias
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3109405/
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/syphilis/symptoms-causes/syc-20351756
http://www.dictionary.com/browse/chemotherapy
https://pubs.acs.org/cen/coverstory/83/8325/8325salvarsan.html
http://jmvh.org/article/syphilis-its-early-history-and-treatment-until-penicillin-and-the-debate-on-its-origins/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3956094/
https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1908/ehrlich-bio.html

Cholera
http://www.ph.ucla.edu/epi/snow/snowcricketarticle.html

John Snow: A Legacy of Disease Detectives


https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3730273/

Yellow Fever
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs100/en/
http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/contagion/panamacanal.html
https://www.cdc.gov/yellowfever/index.html
https://www.cdc.gov/malaria/about/history/panama_canal.html
https://www.epa.gov/mosquitocontrol/success-mosquito-control-integrated-approach
http://homeguides.sfgate.com/homemade-liquid-solution-kill-mosquitoes-94933.html

Hemophilia
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2009/10/case-closed-famous-royals-suffered-hemophilia
https://www.nature.com/scitable/content/Royal-hemophilia-and-Romanov-DNA-17556
https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/002051.htm
https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/002052.htm
https://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/tay-sachs-disease#inheritance
https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/002051.htm
https://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/hemophilia#inheritance
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4260295/

We might be close to eliminating a second disease: polio.
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Only one human disease in history has been fully stamped out; smallpox, with the World Health Organization declaring it eradicated way back in 1980.

But polio could be next.

Yes, the disease that brings up imagery of wheelchairs and iron lungs might soon be on its way out, but we’re not there quite yet.

Polio, also known as poliomyelitis, is an infectious disease caused by the aptly named poliovirus, which comes in three strains, and is spread mostly by consuming contaminated water.

Polio can be passed through the air with oral fluids, like from a cough or a sneeze, but the cycle today usually begins with fecal oral transmission, mostly in areas with poor sanitation.

Those infected with the poliovirus can experience no symptoms, but people can experience fatigue, fever, muscle weakness, loss of muscle, headaches, nausea, and more. Polio’s most severe form can lead to paralysis, weakened lungs, and, sometimes, death.

On this episode of SICK, we talk with Jay Wenger, Director of Polio at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, about the infectious disease, how it spreads, its symptoms, and the ongoing eradication efforts.

#Polio #Disease #Health #SICK #Seeker #Science
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Read More:
One hundred years of poliovirus pathogenesis
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0042682205005830

So close: remaining challenges to eradicating polio
https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12916-016-0594-6

Polio vaccination: past, present and future
https://www.futuremedicine.com/doi/full/10.2217/fmb.15.19
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