Discuss Emerging and Re-emerging Infections
Given your knowledge of trends in ‘Emerging and Re-emerging Infections’, discuss the following questions about the 1993 Hanta Virus outbreak described above.
- One of the medicine men said, “When there is disharmony in the world, death follows.” He understood that when strange symptoms appear, they are not anomalies. Make at least 3 points that support this theory.
- Describe 3 ways that the Hanta Virus outbreak of 1993 fits the definition of an ‘Emerging Infection’ and 3 ways that it meets the definition of a ‘Re-emerging Infection’.
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