ഗവ. എച്ച്.എസ്.എസ്. മുളംതുരുത്തി/അക്ഷരവൃക്ഷം/ Pandemics that changed the history
Pandemics that changed the history
11th century: Leprosy Slow developing bacterial disease that cause scars and deformities, leprosy was believed to be a punishment from God that ran in families .This belief led to moral judgements and ostracization of victims .Now known as Hanzen disease it still afflicts in thousands of people a year and can be fatal if not treated with antibiotics. 1981 HIV/ AIDS First identified in 1981,AIDS destroys a person's immune system ,resulting in eventual death by disease that the body would usually fight off .AIDS was first observed in American gay communities 2003 :SARS First identified in 2003 after several month of cases. Severe acute respiratory syndrome is believed to have possibly originated from the bats, spread to cats and then to humans .spread to 26 other countries infecting 8696 paper with 774 death. 2019 Covid-19 Covid-19 is caused by a novel coronavirus, a new coronavirus strain that has not been previously found in people. Symptoms include respiratory problems fever and cough and can lead to pneumonia and death. Like SARS it spread through droplets from sneeze.
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