21st century epidemic timeline

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  • Polio

    Polio
    1. Polio is an infection caused by a virus that affects the whole body including muscles and nerves. 2.There are three types of polio: non-paralytic, spinal paralytic and bulbar—the latter two being the most severe. Spinal paralytic polio can lead to leg paralysis. Bulbar polio could result in a victim’s spending the rest of his life in an iron lung. 3.Because there is no cure for polio, the best pervenstion is a vaccine for 60 cents.
    http://polio.emedtv.com/polio/information-on-polio.html

  • Aids

    Aids
    There's different ways you can get AIDS
    1. Blood Transfusion
    2. Sexual Intercourse
    3. Dirty needles http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIDS

  • Pluague Outbreak

    Pluague Outbreak
    List of Epidemics
    Plague is a bacterial infection found mainly in rodents and their fleas. But via those fleas it can sometimes leap to humans. When it does, the outcome can be horrific, making plague outbreaks the most notorious disease episodes in history.

  • SARS

    SARS
    List of Epidemics
    It was on a farm somewhere in southern China where the mystery pneumonia we know as SARS probably began. On March 19, German and Hong Kong scientists isolated in infected patients a completely new virus from the Paramixoviridae family - known to cause mumps and measles - which they blamed for the disease.

  • Yellow Fever

    Yellow Fever
    List of Epidemics
    Yellow fever is a tropical disease that is spread to humans by infected mosquitoes.
    Yellow fever is found only in Africa and South America.
    Yellow fever is diagnosed by a blood test.

  • Smallpox

    Smallpox
    list of Epidemics
    Smallpox is caused by variola virus.
    30% or more of people who contract smallpox die.
    There is no treatment or cure for smallpox.

  • Meningitis Outbreak

    Meningitis Outbreak
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_epidemics
    Meningitis is an infection that progresses rapidly
    Symptoms include high fever
    Severe Headache,
    Stiff neck & back

  • Flu Pandemic

    Flu Pandemic
    1. Pandemic flu IS NOT the same as seasonal flu.
    2. A flu pandemic occurs when a new influenza virus emerges among humans and spreads easily from person to person. Because the virus is new to humans, people have little or no immunity and the virus spreads worldwide.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_flu_pandemic

  • H1N1

    H1N1
    Swine flu (swine influenza) is a respiratory disease caused by virusesthat infect the respiratory tract of pigs and result in nasal secretions, a barking-like cough, decreased appetite, and listless behavior. http://www.medicinenet.com/swine_flu/article.htm

  • Haiti cholera outbreak

    Haiti cholera outbreak
    List of Epidemics
    Almost 12,000 people have contracted cholera since August in Zimbabwe, and the outbreak threatens to kill even greater numbers as the water situation becomes more desperate. Cholera is caused by becoming infected with a bacterium called vibrio cholera.

  • Dengue Outbreak

    Dengue Outbreak
    List of Epidemics
    1.Dengue fever is a disease caused by a family of viruses.
    2.This is an infection that is transmitted by mosquitoes.
    3.Symptoms such as headache, fever, exhaustion, severe joint and muscle pain, swollen glands (lymphadenopathy), and rash.