The Other Impacts of Infectious Diseases: Socio- Cultural Roles Beyond the Scene
Journal Title: Biomedical Journal of Scientific & Technical Research (BJSTR) - Year 2018, Vol 19, Issue 4
Abstract
Introduction: Infectious diseases have exceeded the pathologic and clinic limitations to socio-cultural influences and have played non-classical roles inducing noncommunicable diseases. Objectives: To review the literature regarding the possibilities of infectious diseases to play roles that may lead to socio-cultural impacts based on our previous studies and others. Methodology: We reported our experiments in the role of infectious diseases in noncommunicable diseases. Results: In the first experiment, we have found that about 50% of patients who underwent catheterization at King Abdulla University Hospital were positive for Chlamydia pneumonia as confirmed by ELIZA and PCR. From this study, infectious diseases led to heart diseases. The second set of experiments showed the localization of some viruses including Cytomegalovirus (CMV), and Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) in the adipose tissue of type 1 diabetic rats. This study indicated to a new possible role of inducing obesity and diabetes by viruses. The third set of experiments showed the findings of our studies regarding the impact of latent toxoplasmosis in possible association with crime. We found that there is a significant association between latent toxoplasmosis and each of physical violent actions, and crime based on seropositivity of IgM, and IgG of Toxoplasma. Other studies reported a role of latent toxoplamosis and religiosity. Conclusions: Infectious diseases have roles exceeding known pathologic and clinical conditions that lead to non-communicable diseases and socio-cultural impacts.
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Ahed J Alkhatib
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