What was the killer disease?!
Question: What was the killer disease!?
What was the worst killer disease in history!.!.!.bubonic plague or smallpox!?Www@Answer-Health@Com
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no1 Smallpox (430 BC!? - 1979):
Killed more than 300 million people worldwide in the 20th century alone, and most of the native inhabitants of the Americas
no2 Spanish Flu (1918 - 1919):
Killed 50 to 100 million people worldwide in less than 2 years
no3 Black Death (1340 - 1771):
Killed 75 million people worldwide
no4 Malaria (1600 - today):
Kills about 2 million people per year
no5 AIDS (1981 - today):
Killed 25 million people worldwide
no6 Cholera (1817 - today):
8 pandemics; hundreds of thousands killed worldwide
no7 Typhus (430 BC!? - today):
Killed 3 million people between 1918 and 1922 alone, and most of Napoleon's soldiers on RussiaWww@Answer-Health@Com
Killed more than 300 million people worldwide in the 20th century alone, and most of the native inhabitants of the Americas
no2 Spanish Flu (1918 - 1919):
Killed 50 to 100 million people worldwide in less than 2 years
no3 Black Death (1340 - 1771):
Killed 75 million people worldwide
no4 Malaria (1600 - today):
Kills about 2 million people per year
no5 AIDS (1981 - today):
Killed 25 million people worldwide
no6 Cholera (1817 - today):
8 pandemics; hundreds of thousands killed worldwide
no7 Typhus (430 BC!? - today):
Killed 3 million people between 1918 and 1922 alone, and most of Napoleon's soldiers on RussiaWww@Answer-Health@Com
Depends upon what you mean by 'worst', although any death is bad for those involved!
Bubonic Plague was bad for Europeans when whole populations were reduced by nearly half, including England!. Of course, the population was much lower at the time of the Plagues, although percentages of deaths of total populations were high!. Smallpox was pandemic and affected millions until its eradication!. Malaria is pretty bad and widespread, also!.
Now that world population is much greater, the absolute number of deaths from any particular disease is likely to be much higher!.
The influenza pandemic of 1918 - 1920, approximately, may have been the 'worst' killer as a single outbreak in a relatively short period!. Over 20 million people died worldwide!. Some figures put the total as double that! This was more people than those killed in World War One!
One disease not often considered by the public in the West is bilharzia!. This is common in the tropics, in Africa, parts of the Far East and in parts of South America, where ponds, streams and irrigation canals harbor bilharzia-transmitting snails!. Parasite larvae develop in snails from which they infect humans, their host, in which they mature and reproduce!. The parasitic worms are called schistosomes!.
Over one billion humans are at risk worldwide (One sixth of the world's population!) and approximately 300 millions are thought presently to be infected!. As it is a long-standing disease, there is no way of knowing how many countless millions of people have died from it over the centuries!. As a persistent, widely found disease, this may well be the 'worst' to date in terms of numbers of deaths!.
HIV/Aids may prove to be even worse, unless more progress is made in counteracting it!.
Hope this helps!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Bubonic Plague was bad for Europeans when whole populations were reduced by nearly half, including England!. Of course, the population was much lower at the time of the Plagues, although percentages of deaths of total populations were high!. Smallpox was pandemic and affected millions until its eradication!. Malaria is pretty bad and widespread, also!.
Now that world population is much greater, the absolute number of deaths from any particular disease is likely to be much higher!.
The influenza pandemic of 1918 - 1920, approximately, may have been the 'worst' killer as a single outbreak in a relatively short period!. Over 20 million people died worldwide!. Some figures put the total as double that! This was more people than those killed in World War One!
One disease not often considered by the public in the West is bilharzia!. This is common in the tropics, in Africa, parts of the Far East and in parts of South America, where ponds, streams and irrigation canals harbor bilharzia-transmitting snails!. Parasite larvae develop in snails from which they infect humans, their host, in which they mature and reproduce!. The parasitic worms are called schistosomes!.
Over one billion humans are at risk worldwide (One sixth of the world's population!) and approximately 300 millions are thought presently to be infected!. As it is a long-standing disease, there is no way of knowing how many countless millions of people have died from it over the centuries!. As a persistent, widely found disease, this may well be the 'worst' to date in terms of numbers of deaths!.
HIV/Aids may prove to be even worse, unless more progress is made in counteracting it!.
Hope this helps!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
I would say smallpox!.
The Plague was responsible for many deaths from the middle ages, generally taken as 400ad onwards and killed about 35% of sufferers!. The pandemic that became famous as the Great plague is estimated to have taken 75million lives!.
Smallpox though has been around since about 10,000 BC and is reckoned to have killed many hundreds of millions!. While now only found in laboratories under strict controls it had longer to spread its fate and was responsible for lkilling millions as late as the late sixties early seventies!.
It is a close call though!Www@Answer-Health@Com
The Plague was responsible for many deaths from the middle ages, generally taken as 400ad onwards and killed about 35% of sufferers!. The pandemic that became famous as the Great plague is estimated to have taken 75million lives!.
Smallpox though has been around since about 10,000 BC and is reckoned to have killed many hundreds of millions!. While now only found in laboratories under strict controls it had longer to spread its fate and was responsible for lkilling millions as late as the late sixties early seventies!.
It is a close call though!Www@Answer-Health@Com
Cholera is the killer disease in the past!.
The killer diseases of the present day world are (1)!. Lower respiratory infections (2)!. HIV/AIDS (3)!. Malaria (4)!. Diarrhoea (5)!. Tuberculosis (6)!. Measles (7)!. Whooping cough, or pertussis (8)!. Tetanus (9)!. Meningitis (10)!. SyphilisWww@Answer-Health@Com
The killer diseases of the present day world are (1)!. Lower respiratory infections (2)!. HIV/AIDS (3)!. Malaria (4)!. Diarrhoea (5)!. Tuberculosis (6)!. Measles (7)!. Whooping cough, or pertussis (8)!. Tetanus (9)!. Meningitis (10)!. SyphilisWww@Answer-Health@Com
Bubonic plague has the highest death count, approx 230million in europe, one third of the population!.
Though malaria was pretty close, (cumulatively), with numbers from the site about 2!.7million a year!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Though malaria was pretty close, (cumulatively), with numbers from the site about 2!.7million a year!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
The current biggest desease/virus problem is AIDS/HIV because there is no cure!.Malaria was a problem but that can be treated if you get to the hospital a!.s!.a!.p!.
I think hiv/aids is more of a problem than the plague ever wasWww@Answer-Health@Com
I think hiv/aids is more of a problem than the plague ever wasWww@Answer-Health@Com
The bubonic plague, it killed thousands!. It was carried by rats that had caught it!. The phrase "God Bless You" came from the plague because if you sneezed they thought you had the plague so they would say "God Bless You"Www@Answer-Health@Com
bubonic plague without a doubt wiping out about 70million people worldwide
you don't die from AIDS you die from a weakened immune system losing the ability to cure yourself from simple illnessesWww@Answer-Health@Com
you don't die from AIDS you die from a weakened immune system losing the ability to cure yourself from simple illnessesWww@Answer-Health@Com
Malaria has killed more people than both plague and smallpox conbinedWww@Answer-Health@Com
smallpoxWww@Answer-Health@Com
the black death was one of the worst things to happen to human kind!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Google Spanish Flu epidemic of 1918!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
bubonic plague!. It can wipe out the whole of Europe !.Www@Answer-Health@Com
black death plagueWww@Answer-Health@Com
Black Death!Www@Answer-Health@Com
plageWww@Answer-Health@Com