Term
| Legionella disease (1977) |
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Definition
| organisms that from biofilms on water from cooling and plumbing systems. |
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Term
| Hemolytic uremic syndrome (1982)(E. coli O157:H7) |
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Definition
| modern food processing on a large scale permitting contamination through meat storage tanks and unsterile plumbing. |
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Term
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Definition
| close contact between homeowners encroaching on forested areas and the mice and deer that maintain the tick vector for Borrelia. |
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Term
| Helicobacter pylori (1983) |
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Definition
| Newly recognized as agent involved with gastric ulcers, probably widespread before recognition. |
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Term
| Toxic shock syndrome (1987) (staph aureus) |
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Definition
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Term
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Definition
| Likely introduced from Asian to South American by ship with spread made possible by reduced water chlorination. |
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Term
Re-emerged:
-tuberculosis
-strep group A |
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Definition
Tuberculosis-breakdown in public health measures such as reduction in prevention programs, inadequate sanitation, homelessness, AIDS
Strep-UNKNOWN, may be increased use of NAIDS |
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