Environment Degradation Begets Epidemics: Cholera in Bangladesh

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November 21, 2007 presentation by Gary Schoolnik for the Stanford School of Medicine Medcast lecture series. Gary Schoolnik, MD, professor of medicine, discusses how the use of chemical fertilizers and other environmental disturbances are driving the genetic transformation of cholera in Bangladesh and in turn spawning new epidemics of the disease in South Asia. Stanford University School of Medicine: http://med.stanford.edu/ Stanford University Channel on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/stanforduniversity

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Uploaded: May 22nd, 2008 @ 11:01 pm
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Tags: medicine health disease cholera vibrio diarrhea dehydration poverty water hygiene contamination epidemic 1993 south asia green revolution agriculture chemical fertilizer deforestation global climate change evolution genetic mutation

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