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A 13 page overview of these tremendously concerning diseases. Includes information on epidemiology, emotional, physiological, and economic impact. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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concerns that we are experiencing today in regard to disease and pestilence, concerns that have become particularly vivid with the destruction the world noted in the recent Tsunami, can be
traced far back into history. Hundreds of diseases throughout history have taken their toll on populations all over the world. While there have been many advancements in our
understanding of disease, its causes, treatments and cures, our modern world is hardly exempt from its ravages. Four diseases are of particular interest in the toll they have taken
on human populations. These are West Nile Virus, Malaria, Plague, and Dengue. Malaria
Malaria is perhaps the less serious of these diseases but even it has had a tremendous impact throughout the world. Historically Malaria was
most often confined to the tropics. The culprit is the Anopheles mosquitoes, a vector that carries the single-celled Plasmodium parasite in its bite. As people began to travel
into regions where this mosquito was prevalent, however, this disease spread to all regions of the world. From an American perspective malaria first received widespread attention when it began
to affect returning servicemen that had contracted the disease while serving their country in a tropical regions. Immigrant populations increased the incidence in the U.S. as well.
There were native populations of the Anopheles mosquitoes even in the U.S., however, and the impacts of the disease actually reach considerably further back into history with its toll on
Native Americans. In a normal individual hemoglobin A, that component of the red blood cells which carries oxygen throughout the body,
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