9.2 Technological Advancements and Limitations - Disease Flashcards
In the early 21st century, this disease killed more than 600,000 people in tropical areas every year
malaria
Doctors Without Borders
An non-profit, non-governmental organization that treats medical needs of underprivileged people around the world.
Tuberculosis
An airborne infection that spreads in close areas. In the latter half of the 1900s, treatment by antibiotics and rest cured this formerly deadly disease but an antibiotic resistant has evolved in areas where people live in close quarters, like prisons.
This disease spreads through contaminated water. Like tuberculosis, it mainly affects poor people in developing countries.
Cholera
Jonas Salk
An America researcher who developed the injectible polio vaccine.
Albert Sabin
Created an oral version of the polio vaccine.
Polio
A viral disease that spreads through water contaminated by fecal matter. Typically caused paralysis or death.
1918–1920 flu pandemic
A H1N1 influenza A virus that infected around a fifth of the world’s population and killed around 20 million people worldwide.
HIV - Human Immunodeficiency Virus
This virus weakens the immune system. If left untreated, a person will ultimately develop AIDS and die from lack of an ability to fight off another disease.
How is HIV spread?
The exchange of bodily fluids (unprotected sex, needles, blood transfusion)
Antiretroviral drugs for HIV
These drugs slow down the virus’ ability to harm the immune system.
Ebola
A disease discovered in the Congo in 1976. Ebolo is contracted by exposure to infected people and/or aimals. It causes internal bleeding, organ failure, and in most cases, death.
Heart disease is associated with what three risk factors?
Lifestyle
genetics
longevity
Christiaan Barnard, a South African doctor, performed the first what?
heart transplant
Robert Jarvik led a team that designed the first functioning, temporary what?
artificial heart
