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Pandemics Epidemics Endemics by anna.peraltarigo is a document available to read on EtoBox.
The document discusses epidemics, pandemics, and endemics, focusing on cholera in Haiti, African trypanosomiasis, and the Hong Kong flu pandemic. Cholera, caused by Vibrio cholerae, led to a significant outbreak in Haiti post-earthquake in 2010, resulting in over 820,000 cases and nearly 10,000 deaths, primarily due to inadequate sanitation. The Hong Kong flu pandemic of 1968, caused by the H3N2 virus, resulted in about one million deaths worldwide but had a lower death rate compared to previous pandemics,
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- anna.peraltarigo
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- EN