There is a person in Arizona I died of infectious diseasesRegional health officials I reported on Friday.
This is the first time in this area in 18 years. But today, this historical disease reminds me that it’s rare these days, but it’s not a disease of the past.
What is the actual “infectious disease”? And is there a cause of concern in Australia?
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There are three types of ‘plague’.
The word “plague” is often used to refer to other undesirable events, such as major disease infectious diseases or infectious diseases or mouse infectious diseases. Naturally, words can cause fear.
But scientifically speaking, plague is a disease caused by bacteria. Yersinia Pestis.
There are three main types of infectious diseases: Bubonic, PE and Pneumonia.
Bubonic is the most common and named after its name.Buboes“It is a painful and swollen lymph nodes that cause infection. Other symptoms include heat, headaches, chills and weaknesses.
Bubonic plague It is usually spread by flea I live in animals like rats, pre -dogs and marmot. Infection can occur if an infected flea moves to bite humans in the animal host.
People can also be infected by treating animals infected with disease.
Lip If the BUBONIC plague is left in an unprocessed state, it may occur or if the disease enters the blood flow, it can occur directly. The blood -like infectious disease causes bleeding with an organs. The name comes from sepsis and indicates serious blood infections.
Recently, death in the United States was due to the most serious form of pneumonia epidemic. Bubonic plague is in some cases spreading into the lungs and becoming pneumonia. However, pneumonia can also spread to each person. Through a small respiratory liquid enemyIn a similar way to covid. Symptoms are similar to other forms, but also include severe pneumonia.
portion 30-60% of human Who contracts the Bubonic plague will die, and if you leave it in an untreated state, the mortality rate can be up to 100%for pneumonia.
Infectious Diseases: Gorgeous History
This disease is one of the most important diseases in history. that Justin’s epidemic (541–750CE) Death Tens of millions of people It greatly affects the expand of the Byzantine Empire in the Western Mediterranean.
The medieval black death (1346–53) was also earthquake and murdered. Tens of millions of people and Half of the European population.
The third and most recent infectious diseases spread by the Growth Trade Network of the British Empire peaked in the early 1900s until 1960 until 1855. It was responsible 12 million deaths,,, Mainly in IndiaEven Arrived in Australia.
I think the Bubonic plague is largely behind these epidemics.
Modern infectious diseases
In the third infectious disease, the first introduced in the United States infects the average. 7 people a year In the west of the country, there is a climate in the ground hog and the prairie dog group. The last major outbreak was 100 years ago.
Death is very rare 14 deaths over the last 25 years In the United States.
Globally, there Thousands Infectious diseases over the last decade.
that Currently the most countries Congo Democratic Republic, Madagascar, Peru, includes incidents in India, Central Asia and the United States. Cases generally occur in rural and agricultural areas.
You can treat infectious diseases
Infectious diseases can be easily treated with general antibiotics of 10-14 days, which can include both oral and intravenous antibiotics. But it You have to treat it quickly.
Recent deaths are related to related things Pneumonia In the case of this disease, it is the only form that spreads easily for each person. But at this stage, there is no evidence of further spread of disease in the United States.
like Y. Festival It is not found in Australian animals and there is little danger. In Australia, no infectious diseases have been reported. More than 1 century.
But like many diseases, infectious diseases are affected by environmental conditions. The risk of climate change is Animal host It means that public health experts around the world must continue to monitor.
Infectious diseases are often recognized as historical diseases, but they are still with us and can cause major health threats if they are not treated early.
Thomas JeffreyMicrobiology Senior Lecturer, Western Sydney University
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