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2018, Number 2

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An Med Asoc Med Hosp ABC 2018; 63 (2)

The great epidemics that changed the world

Moreno-Sánchez F, Coss RMF, Alonso LMT, Elizondo OÁ

Language: Spanish
References: 11
Page: 151-156
PDF size: 269.73 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Infectious diseases have always been part of human life. Throughout history, there has been a continuous battle between microorganisms and humans; the first need to infect humans in order to persist in nature, and the Homo sapiens seeks the control and eradication of diseases that affect him. On many occasions, infectious diseases have killed millions of human beings; in other cases, they have changed history. In the following article, we present five different diseases that have changed human populations, the way of life and even social relations. It is sad to acknowledge that the only infectious agent that humans have been able to eradicate from the world constitutes now the threat of a biological weapon.


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