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trypanosome
protazoa responsible for sleeping sickness
Major histocompatibility complex
involved in moving/presening pathogen prot out side of the cell so that they can be recognised by T-cells, very variable in human
allergies
an immune response with no infection
parasite
a group that makes use of the resources of other individuals, usually of a different, larger bodied species
do all parasites cause disease
no
periosteal reactions
changes in bone that are ndicative of certain infections
Duffy Blood Group
a mutant that --> inc resistance to a type of malaria
G6PD defficiency
causes and inc in H2O2 in cells which --> inc resistance to malaria, but also harmful to host
virulence
the pathogens ability to make the host sick
Bilharrzia
aka Schistosomiasiss,caused by a helmith, used snails as an intermediate host, water as avector, associated withdamns
River Blindness
aka Onchocerciasis, blackflies-vector, associated with dams,
corticotraopin
causes the release of corticol fron the adrenal glads
emerging diseases
HIV and TB(the anti-biotic resistant strains)
resurging
TB(normal), malaria, and cholera
social cohesion
a measure of the degree to which people in a culture share the same goals/values and how well the resources are distributed
social capital
the resources someone can/feels like they can draw on
susto
similar to PTSD, see chapter 11
pibloktoq
arctic, see chapter 11
latah
hypersensitive startle response, see chapter 11
amok
control/homocide, see chapter 11
iterogenic diseases
diseases caused by health care system
Muller’s Ratchet
related the the -spring cleaing hypothesis- of sexual repr
annorheic
don't get period anymore
eclampsia
pregnancy problem, high BP, seizers
Atopy
any IgE-mediated reaction, but many use it as predisposition to an excessive IgE reaction