The terrible disease pandemic, the most fearsome in the world

Ebola pandemic

We are facing disease Ebola 90% of patients can be fatal.

Today the world is faced with many kinds of disease in this moment we are facing disease Ebola 90% of patients can be fatal.

As noted, the first service from 2014 to 1/8/2014 Ebola epidemic has recorded incidence of cases including 1603 887 deaths in 10 countries of Guinea (485/358), Liberia (468/255), Nigeria (4/1), and Sierra Leone (646/273).

From 31/7 to 1/8/2014, in 4 countries (Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone) has recorded more cases infected with 163 new includes 61 deaths in particular: Guinea (December 13), Liberia (77/28), Nigeria (1/0), and Sierra Leone (72/21).

SARS

SARS is the acronym of the severe acute respiratory syndrome, is caused by the SARS coronavirus. This virus first infected the body who is at the end of 2002 in China. Within a few weeks, it spread to 37 countries through air travel. SARS virus have infect about 8000 people worldwide, of which about 800 deaths.

Most of the SARS coronavirus were all infected patients develop pneumonia. The virus spreads through contact between sick people with the illness. The infection was said to be over the patient's fluids (sputum, saliva, water ...) from the sick person coughs or sneezes. The disease can also spread when touching the sticky fluid. SARS also could spread wider than in the air.

HIV/AIDS

HIV is the acronym of the virus causing immunodeficiency syndrome made in person.

HIV is the acronym of the virus causing immunodeficiency syndrome made in person. When on the human body, this virus to attack and disrupt the immune system, leading to the condition known as AIDS (immunodeficiency syndrome contracted). If not have a good functioning immune system, people with AIDS are also susceptible to the other injuries, often caused infections, lead to death.

The virus is spread through blood, semen and other body fluids. Most of the people infected with HIV through sex or sharing drug injecting with contaminated people.

Since appearing in the 1980s, HIV has to infect 60 million people and caused about 30 million deaths.

According to the Center for control and Prevention (CDC), in the United States, there are about 50 thousand people are infected with HIV each year. In late 2009, 1.1 million people living with HIV. It is estimated that about 18% of people with this disease do not know they are infected. Around the world, 2010, approximately 1.8 million deaths; in 2011, there's more about 2.5 million cases of HIV infection.

Cholera disease

The great cholera 1817 right from ancient times, India has had to cope with the dangers of cholera. The disease appeared in Asia at around 600 BC and was first recorded in the year 1563 medicine in India. On pandemic appears from the trade routes both road and the waterway to Russia in 1817.

Then, it spread to the rest of Europe, and from Europe, the outbreak spread to North America. A total of about 7 against cholera occurred within 200 years took the lives of millions of people.

Translate tuberculosis

Tuberculosis caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis. This disease is considered the "killer" stand second only to HIV/AIDS.

In the past two decades, the mortality rate due to tuberculosis infection has dropped nearly in half. In 2012, 8.6 million people infected with tuberculosis which 1.3 million people dead. More than 95% of the deaths occur in countries with low and medium incomes.

Antonine pandemic of ancient Rome (165-180)

Antonine pandemic spread with large scale in ancient times. Today, people are still not able to determine the cause of this disease exactly, but only skeptical vius smallpox or measles brought back by soldiers of the Roman Empire from campaigns in the Near East. Two Roman Emperor died. They are Lucius Verus (died 168), and the same rule with him, Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (in power up to 180). They called the name of the Emperor Marcus Antoninus. According to Dio Cassius, a Roman historian, 9 years later, the room broke out again and caused 2,000 deaths each day in Rome, which is 1/4 the total number of people infected with the disease. The number who perished rose to 5 million. In many places, the disease destroying 1/3 of the population. The Roman army lost 1/10 the number of soldiers in the room. Antonine Plague big impact on the society and politics of the Roman Empire, especially in literature and the arts.

Typhus

Battle of plague than any infectious disease would ever be known.

Bacteria and parasites, which is what you will face, and one of them, the bacteria Rickettsia prowazekii name creates a plague than any infectious disease would ever known: Typhus.

The disease has emerged from centuries ago, with the number of the room was up to 4 digits. The appearance is very common in the military camp has meant it has several other names such as "camp Fever", or "war Fever". During the European war (1618-1648), the disease along with famine and plague took the lives of about 10 million people. And in many cases, the outbreak of the disease was even decided the Bureau of both a war.  The symptoms of the disease often include headache, anorexia, malaise and fever. If not treated promptly, bacteria will quickly go into the blood to create a scene of blood infections disease, then will the pneumonia, respiratory failure, kidney failure, liver failure, coma and finally death.

Many developed countries have declared payments this disease, however, still sometimes epidemics broke out in several parts of South America, Africa and Asia.=

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