UM Pandemics And Epidemiology In Peru Discussion

What is the source of the cholera bacteria, and how is it transmitted?

Why were Peru’s water and sanitation systems in such a state at this point in the country’s history?

How does an organism that cannot move on its own manage to get itself spread to the greatest number of additional hosts in which it can produce?

None of the above.

The replacement of common infectious diseases by non-communicable diseases and injures as the leading causes of death.

A shift in peak morbidity and mortality from the very young to the elderly.

Change from a situation in which mortality predominates the epidemiological panorama to one in which morbidity is dominant.

All of the above.

Poor housing conditions.

Poverty.

Poorly maintained public services.

All of the above.

Third World governments are run by corrupt dictators.

Cultural barriers in the Third World limited the effectiveness of Biomedicine.

Population growth as well as economic crises that depleted resources needed for public health infrastructure in the Third World.

All of the above.

Ebola.

Hantavirus.

Tuberculosis.

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).