PPT-Did the Black Death Select for the CCR5-

Δ32 Allele In Northern European Populations Matt Turner Bio 440 Pop Gen Abstract CCR5 is a protein that acts as a coreceptor on the surface of leukocytes and is thus a recognition site for the HIV virus However individuals possessing the CCR5Δ32 allele a 32 basepair deletion in the CCR5 genome that causes a . The . Black Death. was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history.. The pathogen responsible is the . Yersinia pestis. bacterium. . Thought to have started in China, it travelled along the Silk Road and reached the Crimea by 1346.. Examine the picture, then answer these questions in your book.. How does this picture portray the Black Death ? Is it accurate ? How is it useful to us in studying the disease?. The title is Triumph of Death – what did the artist mean?. Seraya Al Kaabi 6A. Who ?. The Black death is a name that was given to a disease that was spread by flees on rats.. The name symbolizes the color that the boils were. These would erupt and death was quick.. The Bubonic Plague originated in China in 1348. Also called the Black Death ,it caused many black freckle like spots to appear on the body. Most people who got it died in 2 to 7 days. The disease was carried rat fleas on the back of black . Anna-Lisa Doebley . Final Presentation. May 6. th. 2014. The HIV/AIDS epidemic. 35.3 Million Total. The only person who has been cured of HIV: . How?. Blood Borne Pathogen. Infects Immune cells. Causes AIDS if not treated . Infected places....................................................................................2 , 3. Where it comes from......................................................................4. Symptoms..................................................................................5 , 6. The Famine of 1315-1317. By 1300 Europeans were farming almost all the land they could cultivate.. A population crisis developed.. Climate changes in Europe produced three years of crop failures between 1315-17 because of excessive rain.. Key Questions. There are three questions that will be answered while completing this lesson:. What is the Black Death? . What caused the Black Death? . What were the consequences? . The Real Cause. Now that you have investigated various exhibits about the Black Death, the real cause of it was the . Alena. Shakirova. 1,2. , . Vladislav. Sergeev. 1,2. , . Albert. Muslimov. 1,2. , . Timofey. Karpov. 2,3. , . Kirill. Lepik. 1,2. , . Marina. Popova. 1,2. , . Boris. Fehse. 4. , . Boris. Afanasyev. Research Resources. Professor. Librarian. Online Research Guide. The Library Research Guide. Deciding on a topic. Look for inspiration in one of these places:. Oxford Bibliographies. course readings & syllabus. The plague is believed to have arrived in Europe in 1347 during the month of October. . Those who had gathered to greet the ship were surprised to find most of the crew dead, or ill. . Eww. , get them out of here.. 9. - The Black Death. Preview. The Black Death Spread . Quickly. - . Plagues, infectious diseases that spread among a large population of people, were not uncommon in the Middle Ages. Once rooted in Europe, the Black Death spread quickly and efficiently through the population. Source 1: The Black Death and Society. "One citizen avoided another, hardly any neighbor troubled about others, relatives never or hardly ever visited each other. Moreover, such terror was struck into the hearts of men and women by this calamity, that brother abandoned brother, and the uncle his nephew, and the sister her brother, and very often the wife her husband. What is even worse and nearly incredible is that fathers and mothers refused to see and tend their children, as if they had not been theirs. There were thousands of instances where parents left their children suffering from the Black Death so they, the parents, could be saved. Thus, a multitude of sick men and women were left without any care. Kaffa. Kaffa. Mongols Use of Biological Weapons. Port Cities. Symptoms of the Black Death. Attack on coastal towns and islands. Guy de . Chauliac. Pneumonic Plague. A Violent end in Barcelona. ______% wiped out by the disease..