Plagues+and+Diseases+-+Inca




 * Columbus brought smallpox, the first Old World disease, to the New World on his second voyage (Cook 60)


 * Old World infectious diseases went rampant in the New World because nobody was immune to the diseases (Cook 72)


 * Smallpox spread quickly through Panama crossing into the Andes (http://www.lost-civilizations.net/inca-civilization-page-6.html)


 * Reached the Incas around 1518 (Cook 60)


 * Killed two-thirds of Inca Empire (http://www.lost-civilizations.net/inca-civilization-page-6.html)
 * The Sapa Inca, Huayna Capac died from smallpox and his death caused: (Cook 71)
 * A political crisis and civil war because there was no apparent heir to the throne
 * Was the beginning of the end of the Inca Empire


 * Smallpox was an extremely transmittable disease (Cook 71-72)
 * Spreadable through both direct an indirect contact (Cook 71-72)
 * Direct contact with infected skin was infectious (Cook 71-72)
 * Inanimate objects; clothing, towels and linens also spread the diseases (Cook 71-72)
 * Transmitted through aerosols (Cook 71-72)
 * Spread because of population density, general hygiene and waste disposal of the people (Cook 71-72)


 * Smallpox was first disease of many to reach the Inca Empire, it was followed by: (Cook 96-111)
 * Typhus (Cook 96-111)
 * Influenza and smallpox (Cook 96-111)
 * Smallpox, again (Cook 96-111)
 * Diphtheria (Cook 96-111)
 * Measles (Cook 96-111)

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