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Author: Myron EchenbergPublished Date: 24 May 2011
Publisher: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Language: English
Book Format: Paperback::230 pages
ISBN10: 0521188202
File name: Africa-in-the-Time-of-Cholera-A-History-of-Pandemics-from-1817-to-the-Present.pdf
Dimension: 152x 229x 13mm::340g
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From there the disease spread to the Middle East, Africa, Western Europe, Russia, and but cholera was definitely present in multiple places prior to and during 1817. There were many 'violent epidemics' sprinkled throughout the pandemic. That had not had cholera outbreaks before or hadn't had any in a long time. Download this most popular ebook and read the Africa In The Time Of Cholera: A History Of. Pandemics From 1817 To The Present ebook. You will not find this Publisher: Sabinet on behalf of Historical Association of South Africa (HASA) Africa in the Time of Cholera: A History of Pandemics from 1817 to the Present, There have been seven cholera pandemics in the last 200 years. The first cholera pandemic occurred in Bengal, India from 1817 to 1824, while the last and seventh pandemic showed up in Indonesia in 1961. Lest you think we re free of it, however, in 2016 the World Health Organization called an outbreak of cholera in Yemen the worst cholera The First Cholera Pandemic.The first cholera pandemic emerged out of the Ganges Delta with an outbreak in Jessore, India, in 1817, stemming from contaminated rice. The disease quickly spread Echenberg, Myron (2011), Africa in the Time of Cholera: A History of Pandemics from 1817 to the Present, New York, NY: Cambridge University With cholera claiming over 48 million lives between 1817 and 1945, and disrupting numerous political and mercantile interest, there is no dearth of historical information surrounding it. What was also agreed upon was the fact that cholera was the disease most closely associated with mobility and migration across the 19th century. Sources: Africa in the Time of Cholera: A History of Pandemics from 1817 to the Present. Africa in the Time of Cholera: Myron Echenberg. $24.03 Save $3.96. Africa in the Time of Cholera: A History of Pandemics from 1817 to the Present Literatura obcojęzyczna. Africa in the Time of Cholera: A History of Pandemics Deaths in India between 1817 and 1860, in the first three pandemics of the nineteenth century, are estimated to have exceeded 15 million people. Another 23 million died between 1865 and 1917, during the next three pandemics. Cholera deaths in the Russian Empire during a similar time period exceeded 2 million. Abstract. The seventh cholera pandemic has heavily affected Africa, although the origin and continental spread of the disease remain undefined. We used genomic data from 1070 Vibrio cholerae O1 isolates, across 45 African countries and over a 49-year period, to show that past epidemics were attributable to a single expanded lineage. This lineage was introduced at least 11 times since 1970, Africa in the Time of Cholera: A History of Pandemics from 1817 to the Present. Book 114.This book combines evidence from natural and social sciences to examine the impact on Africa of seven cholera pandemics since 1817, particularly the current impact of cholera on such major countries as Senegal, Angola, Mozambique, Congo, Zimbabwe and South Africa. Myron Echenberg highlights the These days, cholera is largely an African disease, with over 95 percent of all cases worldwide over the past two decades occurring in Africa. In his informative history of the seven cholera pandemics that have hit the continent since 1817, Echenberg shows that this was not always so. Echenberg has nicely summarized the history of cholera for the well-known Africa Studies Series, organizing his work combining the first six pandemics 1817 1947 for the initial half of this book and then considering the seventh pandemic 1947 to the present as the last half of the book.This is an apt division as the present pandemic is largely caused the El Tor variant of the gram-negative, the present century, with the Republic of the Congo stuck of European Africa in the Time of Cholera:A History of Pandemics from 18 iy to the. Myron Library resources for African geography, statistics, and more Africa in the time of cholera: a history of pandemics from 1817 to the present Many archaeological sites in the central West African savanna were either 2011, Africa in the time of cholera: A history of pandemics from 1817 to the present, Echenberg has nicely summarized the history of cholera for the well-known Africa Studies Series, organizing his work combining the first six pandemics 1817-1947 for the initial half of this book and then considering the seventh pandemic 1947 to the present as the last half of the book.This is an apt division as the present pandemic is largely caused the El Tor variant of the gram-negative, of Cholera: A History of Pandemics from 1817 to the Present Myron Echenberg Cambridge University Press, New York, NY, USA, 2011 ISBN: 978-0521188203 Pages: 232; Price: US $27.99, UK 17.99 In contrast to the setting of Love in the Time of Cholera Gabriel Garcia Márquez, we live in a time when no one should have to contract or die of
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