Human-Induced Infectious Disease
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Human-Induced Infectious Diseases
Many human activities have several adverse effects on the health of a population. Human behaviors could lead to a variety of illnesses, such as infectious diseases. Infectious diseases are a significant issue of concern in the current world due to improved interactions that increase the disease’s spread. This paper aims to analyze human changes in agricultural and economic development that contribute to the emergence of infectious diseases.
Cholera disease is a waterborne disease that claims many lives. Vibrio cholera, the bacteria that causes cholera, is known to thrive well in water bodies. The condition is characterized by acute diarrhea. Cases of cholera infections are prevalent in the community, especially in populations living close to irrigation farms (Bwire, Sack, Kagirita, Obala, Debes, Ram and Orach 2020). The disease epidemic has been attributed to contaminated irrigation water found in agricultural farms. Irrigation systems provide crop and water requirements in farms leading to increased yields. The water used for irrigation plays a huge role in hosting and dispersing waterborne pathogens. Bacteria such as Vibrio cholerae are known to thrive well in water bodies.
Economic developments such as building infrastructures such as houses and bridges involve cutting down trees to create more land space. Deforestation gives rise to infectious diseases in the community. According to research, an increase in deforestation leads to an increase in malaria infections (Bauhoff and Busch 2020). Cutting down of trees increases the incidents of malaria by creating favorable conditions for the Anopheles mosquito.
In conclusion, human developments are beneficial to economic and social developments. Some of these human activities give rise to infectious diseases that cause deprivation of human health. irrigation and deforestation are some of the human changes that have led to increased communicable diseases. However, the government and other health stakeholders should monitor human activities to limit environmental degradation and the spread of infectious diseases in the communities.
Human-Induced Infectious Disease
Reference
Bauhoff, S., & Busch, J. (2020). Does deforestation increase malaria prevalence? Evidence from satellite data and health surveys. World Development, 127, 104734.
Bwire, G., Sack, D. A., Kagirita, A., Obala, T., Debes, A. K., Ram, M., … & Orach, C. G. (2020). The quality of drinking and domestic water from the surface water sources (lakes, rivers, irrigation canals, and ponds) and springs in cholera prone communities of Uganda: an analysis of vital physicochemical parameters. BMC public health, 20(1), 1-18.
Feinberg, A. P. (2018). The key role of epigenetics in human disease prevention and mitigation. New England Journal of Medicine, 378(14), 1323-1334.
Question
Identify at least two changes that have occurred in your local community within the past few years that may contribute to emerging infectious diseases. Why do you think these changes are beneficial or not?