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Health Disasters: Anthrax, Antibiotic Resistance, Thalidomide, AIDS, Swine Influenza, Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, Tgn1412


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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 58. Chapters: Anthrax, Antibiotic resistance, Thalidomide, AIDS, Swine influenza, Bovine spongiform encephalopathy, TGN1412, Arsenic contamination of groundwater, Seveso disaster, Antibiotic misuse, Itai-itai disease, Health measures during the construction of the Panama Canal, Therac-25, List of medicine contamination incidents, Public health problems in the Aral Sea region, 1972 outbreak of smallpox in Yugoslavia, BCG disease outbreak in Finland in the 2000's, List of food contamination incidents, Toroku arsenic disease, Thorotrast, Toxic cough syrup, Baxter Althane disaster. Excerpt: Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). This condition progressively reduces the effectiveness of the immune system and leaves individuals susceptible to opportunistic infections and tumors. HIV is transmitted through direct contact of a mucous membrane or the bloodstream with a bodily fluid containing HIV, such as blood, semen, vaginal fluid, preseminal fluid, and breast milk. This transmission can involve anal, vaginal or oral sex, blood transfusion, contaminated hypodermic needles, exchange between mother and baby during pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or other exposure to one of the above bodily fluids. AIDS is considered a pandemic. In 2009, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that there are 33.4 million people worldwide living with HIV/AIDS, with 2.7 million new HIV infections per year and 2.0 million annual deaths due to AIDS. In 2007, UNAIDS estimated: 33.2 million people worldwide had AIDS that year; AIDS killed 2.1 million people in the course of that year, including 330,000 children, and 76% of those deaths occurred in sub-Saharan Africa. According to UNAIDS 2009 report, worldwide some 60 mill...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781156721629
  • Publisher: Books LLC, Wiki Series
  • Publisher Imprint: Books LLC, Wiki Series
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 60
  • Spine Width: 3 mm
  • Weight: 127 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1156721628
  • Publisher Date: 18 Aug 2011
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Anthrax, Antibiotic Resistance, Thalidomide, AIDS, Swine Influenza, Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, Tgn1412
  • Width: 189 mm


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