{"id":1298,"date":"2017-01-18T22:14:49","date_gmt":"2017-01-18T22:14:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-biology2\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=1298"},"modified":"2024-04-25T18:46:23","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T18:46:23","slug":"introduction-to-bacterial-diseases-in-humans","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-biology2\/chapter\/introduction-to-bacterial-diseases-in-humans\/","title":{"raw":"Introduction to Bacterial Diseases in Humans","rendered":"Introduction to Bacterial Diseases in Humans"},"content":{"raw":"<h2>Identify common bacterial diseases in humans<\/h2>\r\nDevastating pathogen-borne diseases and plagues, both viral and bacterial in nature, have affected humans since the beginning of human history. The true cause of these diseases was not understood at the time, and some people thought that diseases were a spiritual punishment. Over time, people came to realize that staying apart from afflicted persons, and disposing of the corpses and personal belongings of victims of illness, reduced their own chances of getting sick.\r\n\r\nEpidemiologists study how diseases affect a population. An <strong>epidemic<\/strong> is a disease that occurs in an unusually high number of individuals in a population at the same time. A <strong>pandemic<\/strong> is a widespread, usually worldwide, epidemic. An <strong>endemic disease<\/strong> is a disease that is constantly present, usually at low incidence, in a population.\r\n<h2>What You\u2019ll Learn to Do<\/h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Identify bacterial diseases that caused historically important plagues and epidemics<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Identify common foodborne illnesses<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Explain how overuse of antibiotic may be creating \u201csuperbugs\u201d<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3>Learning Activities<\/h3>\r\nThe learning activities for this section include the following:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Long History of Bacterial Disease<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Biofilms and Foodborne Diseases<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Antibiotic Resistance<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Self Check: Bacterial Diseases in Humans<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","rendered":"<h2>Identify common bacterial diseases in humans<\/h2>\n<p>Devastating pathogen-borne diseases and plagues, both viral and bacterial in nature, have affected humans since the beginning of human history. The true cause of these diseases was not understood at the time, and some people thought that diseases were a spiritual punishment. Over time, people came to realize that staying apart from afflicted persons, and disposing of the corpses and personal belongings of victims of illness, reduced their own chances of getting sick.<\/p>\n<p>Epidemiologists study how diseases affect a population. An <strong>epidemic<\/strong> is a disease that occurs in an unusually high number of individuals in a population at the same time. A <strong>pandemic<\/strong> is a widespread, usually worldwide, epidemic. An <strong>endemic disease<\/strong> is a disease that is constantly present, usually at low incidence, in a population.<\/p>\n<h2>What You\u2019ll Learn to Do<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Identify bacterial diseases that caused historically important plagues and epidemics<\/li>\n<li>Identify common foodborne illnesses<\/li>\n<li>Explain how overuse of antibiotic may be creating \u201csuperbugs\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Learning Activities<\/h3>\n<p>The learning activities for this section include the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Long History of Bacterial Disease<\/li>\n<li>Biofilms and Foodborne Diseases<\/li>\n<li>Antibiotic Resistance<\/li>\n<li>Self Check: Bacterial Diseases in Humans<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t <section class=\"citations-section\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n\t\t\t <h3>Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <div id=\"citation-list-1298\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"licensing\"><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Original<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li> Introduction to Bacterial Diseases in Humans. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: Shelli Carter and Lumen Learning. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Lumen Learning. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Shared previously<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Biology 2e. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: OpenStax. <strong>Located at<\/strong>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/cnx.org\/contents\/185cbf87-c72e-48f5-b51e-f14f21b5eabd@10.8\">http:\/\/cnx.org\/contents\/185cbf87-c72e-48f5-b51e-f14f21b5eabd@10.8<\/a>. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em>. <strong>License Terms<\/strong>: Access for free at https:\/\/openstax.org\/books\/biology-2e\/pages\/1-introduction<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t <\/section>","protected":false},"author":17,"menu_order":14,"template":"","meta":{"_candela_citation":"[{\"type\":\"cc\",\"description\":\"Biology 2e\",\"author\":\"\",\"organization\":\"OpenStax\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/cnx.org\/contents\/185cbf87-c72e-48f5-b51e-f14f21b5eabd@10.8\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"cc-by\",\"license_terms\":\"Access for free at https:\/\/openstax.org\/books\/biology-2e\/pages\/1-introduction\"},{\"type\":\"original\",\"description\":\" Introduction to Bacterial Diseases in Humans\",\"author\":\"Shelli Carter and Lumen Learning\",\"organization\":\"Lumen Learning\",\"url\":\"\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"cc-by\",\"license_terms\":\"\"}]","CANDELA_OUTCOMES_GUID":"2d14ed00-cc29-4642-ae2d-3c9f69c83488","pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-1298","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":1195,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-biology2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-biology2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-biology2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-biology2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-biology2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1298\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8304,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-biology2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1298\/revisions\/8304"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-biology2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/1195"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-biology2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1298\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-biology2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-biology2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=1298"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-biology2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=1298"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-biology2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=1298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}