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Pandemics: the Invisible Enemy Pandemics: The Invisible Enemy Pandemics: The Invisible Enemy SALEM PRESS A Division of EBSCO Information Services, Inc. Ipswich, Massachusetts GREY HOUSE PUBLISHING CONTENTS Publisher's Note ix COVID-19 COVID-19 Disease . 1 Salem Health: Infectious Diseases and Conditions, 2nd Edition "Time for Physicians to Create History Together" 8 The Reference Shelf: Representative American Speeches 2018-2019 Coronavirus Infections . 11 Salem Health: Infectious Diseases and Conditions, 2nd Edition Will the Coronavirus End Globalization as We Know It? 13 Opinions Throughout History: Globalization General Information About Pandemics Epidemics and Pandemics: History . 19 Salem Health: Infectious Diseases and Conditions, 2nd Edition Epidemics and Pandemics: Causes and Management 24 Salem Health: Infectious Diseases and Conditions, 2nd Edition Outbreaks of Infectious Disease . 28 Salem Health: Infectious Diseases and Conditions, 2nd Edition Public Health . 30 Salem Health: Infectious Diseases and Conditions, 2nd Edition Late Middle Ages Invasion of the Black Death in Europe 37 Great Events from History: The Middle Ages, 477-1453 The Black Death: Two Readings . 40 Defi ning Documents in World History: Renaissance & Early Modern Era (1308-1600) Decameron . 45 Defi ning Documents in World History: Renaissance & Early Modern Era (1308-1600) Florentine Chronicle. 51 Defi ning Documents in World History: Renaissance & Early Modern Era (1308-1600) Genocide of American Indians . 57 Racial & Ethnic Relations in America, Second Edition Seventeenth Century Mohawk Tribesman Efforts Help Prevent Smallpox 61 This is Who We Were: Colonial America, 1492-1775 Great Plague in London . 66 Great Events from History: The 17th Century, 1601-1700 v Contents Pandemics: The Invisible Enemy Eighteenth Century Last Major Outbreak of Plague . 71 Great Events from History: The 18th Century, 1701-1800 Document 19: John Bartram on Reclaiming Florida’s Wetlands (1767) 74 The Environmental Debate, Third Edition Nineteenth Century National Quarantine Act . 77 Defi ning Documents in American History: Immigration & Immigrant Communities (1650-2016) Thirteen -Year-Old Orphan in 1882 . 81 This is Who We Were: 1880-1899 Ross Establishes Malaria’s Transmission Vector 85 Great Events from History: The 19th Century, 1801-1900 Twentieth Century Mary Mallon . 91 Great Lives from History: Notorious Lives An Army Physician on the 1918 Flu Pandemic 92 Defi ning Documents in American History: World War I (1914-1919) Infl uenza Epidemic Strikes . 95 Great Events from History: The 20th Century, 1901-1940 Health: Preventing Another Infl uenza Epidemic 98 Working Americans Volume VII: Social Movements, 2nd Edition College Freshman from North Carolina 103 Working Americans Volume IV: Their Children Drinker and Shaw Develop a Mechanical Respirator 107 Great Events from History: The 20th Century, 1901-1940 Zinsser Develops an Immunization Against Typhus 110 Great Events from History: The 20th Century, 1901-1940 Typhus immunization . 114 The Thirties in America Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC ) 116 Salem Health: Infectious Diseases and Conditions, 2nd Edition World Health Organization (WHO) . 121 Salem Health: Infectious Diseases and Conditions, 2nd Edition Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) . 125 Salem Health: Infectious Diseases and Conditions, 2nd Edition On the Polio Vaccine Situation . 128 Defi ning Documents in American History: The 1950s (1950-1959) vi Pandemics: The Invisible Enemy Contents Sabin Develops the Oral Polio Vaccine 133 Great Events from History: The 20th Century, 1941-1970 Asian Flu Pandemic Kills Millions Worldwide 136 Great Events from History: The 20th Century, 1941-1970 Asian fl u epidemic . 139 The Fifties in America Ebola Epidemic Kills First of Many in Africa 140 Great Events from History: The 20th Century, 1971-2000 AIDS epidemic . 142 The Eighties in America Meningitis Outbreak Proves Deadly in West Africa 146 Great Events from History: The 20th Century, 1971-2000 Twenty-First Century SARS Epidemic Results In Over 8,000 Reported Cases And 774 Known Deaths 150 Great Events from History: The 21st Century, 2000-2016 Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) 153 Magill’s Medical Guide, Eighth Edition “The Earlier, the Better: Building Immune Defenses Against H1N1” 156 This is Who We Were In the 2000s New Strain of Swine Flu Does not Kill as Many People as Originally Feared 157 Great Events from History: The 21st Century, 2000-2016 Outbreaks of the Zika Virus Spread Throughout Much of the Americas 159 Great Events from History: The 21st Century, 2000-2016 vii Publisher's Note Thoughtfully curated, these 43 articles come from different titles across several of our imprints—Grey House Publishing, Salem Press, and H.W. Wilson. This collection starts with several articles specifi cally related to COVID-19, and continues with a section of general pandemic information, like causes and testing. The remaining content is arranged by century—from the late Middle Ages and the Black Death, to the Twenty-fi rst Century and SARS, Zika and COVID-19. Over the years of developing content for a variety of as genocide in 1492, about children orphaned by users, Grey House Publishing and the Salem Press the plague and infl uenza, the story of Typhoid Mary collection of health-related and historical material in 1901, about the development of the respirator in is far ranging. In an effort to provide our users with 1929, how the polio vaccine was created in the 1950s, easy access to material that provides not only valu- how AIDS started and became a national crisis in able reading on the history of pandemics around the the 1980s, and details about 21st century contagions world, but helpful medical information in this time from SARS to COVID-19. of anxiety and information overload, the "Current This text is well-supported by top-matter informa- Topics" section of our Salem Press/Grey House tion, like dates and defi nitions. Dozens of photos Publishing platform presents a new collection of con- supplement the content and a good number of tent—Pandemics: The Invisible Enemy. In addition, we charts and tables offer valuable statistics and helpful have developed this content into a free PDF for you information. to download and share with students, library patrons, As we continue to grapple with the reality of family and friends. COVID-19, the worst and most widespread pandemic You will fi nd historical accounts of everyday indi- in more than a century, that so far has claimed more viduals and families dealing with disease, medical ex- than 130,000 deaths around the world, Pandemics: The planations and defi nitions, and public health issues, Invisible Enemy provides solid content that can help including the founding of national health organiza- us learn from the past, answer today's questions, and tions. You will read how disease was purposely used offer some guidance on how to maneuver the future. ix COVID-19 COVID-19 Disease . 1 Salem Health: Infectious Diseases and Conditions, 2nd Edition "Time for Physicians to Create History Together" 8 The Reference Shelf: Representative American Speeches 2018-2019 Coronavirus Infections . 11 Salem Health: Infectious Diseases and Conditions, 2nd Edition Will the Coronavirus End Globalization as We Know It? 13 Opinions Throughout History: Globalization COVID-19 DISEASE Anatomy or Systems Affected: Respiratory system spreading infection. Wearing of regular masks by un- Also Known As: SARS-CoV-2, 2019-nCoV, novel infected individuals does not reliably protect against betacoronavirus infection as they are not occlusive against aerosols and leave the eyes unprotected. Defi nition COVID-19 is a respiratory disease caused by a novel Symptoms betacoronavirus that can produce illness ranging Some infected persons will have few or no symptoms. from mild, or even asymptomatic, to severe, life- Children usually have mild disease with cold-like threatening pneumonia. The virus is highly conta- symptoms often with no fever. Adults will have fever, gious and has spread worldwide causing a pandemic. headache, sore throat, dry cough, and shortness of breath in more severe cases. There can also be a Causes feeling of fatigue and general malaise with accompa- On December 31, 2019, China reported a cluster nying myalgia. Viral pneumonia occurs with severe of pneumonia cases associated with the Huanan disease and results in impaired oxygenation mani- Seafood Market in the city of Wuhan. One week later fested by shortness of breath. Such patients need im- it was announced that the infectious agent was a novel mediate medical care and hospitalization. coronavirus. The Chinese market sold a variety of live animals, including bats; the virus is thought to have Screening and Diagnosis originated in bats with direct transfer to humans or During the current pandemic, any patient with new indirect transfer to humans through an intermediate respiratory symptoms, especially if accompanied animal host. The virus is similar to another betacoro- by fever, must be considered possibly infected with navirus -- SARS -- originating in Chinese live animal COVID-19. Additionally, any patient coming from markets in 2003 causing severe respiratory distress a highly infected country, cruise ship, or area with syndrome. The fi rst case of COVID-19 in the United a high prevalence of COVID-19 infection must be States occurred on January 19, 2020, in Snohomish considered possibly infected even if they are asymp- County, Washington state. The patient was a 35-year- tomatic. Screening may initially be done to rule out old man who had just returned from visiting his other respiratory pathogens such as infl uenza virus. family in Wuhan, China. Defi nitive testing for COVID-19 is accomplished by The COVID-19 virus can be spread by airborne taking two swabs, one from the nose and one from droplets, contact with contaminated surfaces with the throat, which are then sent to a microbiology lab- entrance through mucous membranes, and possibly oratory with the capability to perform specifi c poly- by fecal-oral routes as the virus has been shown to be merase chain reaction (PCR) testing. This test can shed in the feces of infected individuals.
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