Globalization of infectious diseases

How do infection diseases affect people?

There are too many infection diseases like: AIDS, WNH, H1N1; those are affecting people around the world. First, AIDS is one of the most dangerous diseases because it has not have cure. According to UNAIDS (2009) “…25 million people have died of HIV…”, that fact is a reason to care ourselves because we only need a little microorganism to get sick with AIDS. Second, West Nile Virus is less dangerous than AIDS because there are statistics which show the risk of contract WNV is lower, but according to CDC the WNV had cause s500 deaths in USA. Although people do not take care enough prevention, they could be chosen to get WNV. Therefore, swine flu won the battle in Costa Rica because until August 12, 2009 it caused 27 deaths around the country. According to the Ministry of Health 480cases of H1N1 were in San Jose, and one of those cases was the President of Costa Rica, Oscar Arias Sanchez. Finally, those illnesses affect a lot of people around the world, but people could take the necessary preventions to diminish the risk to pass in them.

Works cited

1. CNN (2009). Costa Rica president sick with swine flu. Retrieved October 22, 2010 from: www.edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/08/11/costa rica president.h1n1.flu /index

2. UNAIDS (2009). The Global AIDS Epidemic. Retrieved October 22, 2010 from: www.unaids.com

3. Wildlife, Disease Information Node (2010). West Nile Virus. Retrieved October 22, 2010 from: www.westnilevirus.nbii.gov