Diseases that challenged the scientific community
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Updated: 14 Dec 2018
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Hernando CortesFirst use of Small pox vaccineSalk's injected polio vaccine introducedSabin's oral polio vaccine licensedWorld Health Organization declares polio eradicatedPolio first described in EgyptFirst description of MeaslesMeasles in the New WorldMeasles reaches HawaiiMeasles virus identifiedMeasles vaccinePhiladelphia Parade kills 116 people due to Influenzainfluenza virus discoveredattempt at 1918 flu vaccineRussian FluSpanish flu, occurred from 1918-1919Asian fluHong Kong fluMexican flu45 million people vaccinatedReemergence of H1N1 in ChinaColumbian ExchangeFall of Aztec EmpireVariolation first introduced and popularizedEdward Jenner uses variolation to infect James PhillipsEntire genome of Streptomyces sequencedStreptomyces first discoveredPhytophthora outbreak in TaiwanBlight of Phytophthora in Southeast AsiaIrish potato blightPhytophthora Outbreak in AlaskaLab accident causes a few infections of smallpoxSmallpox declared eradocated1st documented Syphilis outbreakTuskegee StudyGuatamalan StudyFirst reference of Leprosy in EgyptAmaur Hansen determines cause of LeprosyArmadillo genome sequencedEleonor Storns discovers armadillos are suspectible to leprosyMycobacterium leprae identified as the cause for LeprosyCreation of Multidrug therapyDiagnostic test for LeprosyFirland Sanatorium opensTuberculosis bacterium discoveredCase study of active tuberculosisCase Study of Latent tuberculosisDiscovery of Penecillin by FlemingDiscovery that led to creation of the antibiotic streptomycinPlague of AthensGaol FeverNapolean's retreat from MoscowIreland and the year without a summerNorth American Typhus EpidemicTyphus spreads to New YorkArmenia genocideEndemic Typhus in LABath riotsMexico RevolutionUS Immigration ActYellow Fever EpidemicYellow Fever in New OrleansCarlos Finlay experimentYellow Fever in WilmingtonSaffron Scourge (Memphis)French started building the panama canelE coli discoveryDiscovery of the RotovirusRitovirus VaccineLast naturally occurrring small pox patientPhytophthora discovered as the cause for potato blightFirst usage of Rabies vaccineWorld Rabies DayGerm Theory of DiseaseZika first documented in Uganda in RhesusA dozen cases of Zika confimed in Nigeria1st case of Ebola recorded in south-east asia in MalaysiaMajor outbreak of Zika on island of Yap in MicronesiaZika outbreak in French PolynesiaZika virus spreads to Brazilhippocrates describes "malaria"Roman FeverThe Great stink in LondonFlushing toiletJohn Snow solves cholera outbreakTyphoid outbreak in USTyphoid vaccine developedTyphoid antibiotic treatment availableTyphoid MaryRobert Koch isolates vibrio choleracholera outbreak in Hamburgcholera epidemic in NYlast documented US cholera outbreakproposal for waterworkscholera epidemic in NYcholera epidemic in EuropeV. cholerae identified as causative agent for choleraFirst 5 pandemics of cholera 1817-966th pandemic 1899-19237th pandemic 1961-present8th pandemic 1992-present2nd pandemic 1827-35Brightwater treatment plant openSARS first discovered in AsiaSars outbreak in Asia -- Vietnam, China and Hong KongMERS shows up in Saudi Arabia (first case)Rotovirus vaccination (2000's)First case of AIDS in the midweststart of AIDS epidemics in USAndrew Wakefield publishes case study in a well known medical journal saying that the MMR vaccine causes childen to develop behavioral problemsVan Leuwenhoek discovers "animalcules" (bacteria)Ehrlich finds cure for syphilisCDC identifies first case of AIDS in USAnopheles discovered to transmit malariaJesse Lazear experiments in CubaWalter Reed experimentsBeijerink discovers the virusAlexander Yersin discovers cause of the plaguePeriods
The great pestilenceJustinian PlagueIntroduction of the idea of quarantineGlobal pandemicIdentification of Puerperal fever (Childbed fever)Introduction of sterile surgeryIntroduction of "Germ theory of Disease"Louis Pasteur creates Rabies vaccineAnthrax attacks USAnthrax outbreak in EuropeAnthrax vaccine for animalsAnthrax spores released from frozen animalsCreation of world's rabies dayAnthrax attacks the city of SverdlovskFirst major anthrax outbreak in EuropeFirst microbiological discovery of the cause of Anthrax
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