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Top 10 worst diseases that shredded the world population apart |
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Disease Name |
Caused By |
Death Toll |
Affected Areas |
Year |
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The Black Death |
bacteriumYersinia pestis |
75 million |
Central Asia to Europe |
late 1340 |
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Polio |
Poliovirus |
10,000+ |
Around the world |
Since 1916 |
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Smallpox |
Variola major, Variola |
60 million |
South America |
18th century |
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Cholera |
Vibrio cholera (Bacterium) |
12,000 |
Asia |
since 1991 |
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Ebola |
Fruit |
160,000 |
Central Africa |
1976 – since 2000 |
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Malaria |
Protozoan parasites |
2.7 Million/Yr (2800 children/day) |
Tropical areas of America, Asia |
1976 – since 2000 |
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Bubonic Plague |
rodents |
250 Million |
Europe |
1300 |
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Spanish Flu |
Virus H1N1 |
100 Million |
Spain |
1918 – 1919 |
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Influenza |
RNA |
36,000/yr |
Asia |
1918 |
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AIDS |
HIV Virus |
25 Million |
India, Africa |
Early 1980’s |
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Worst Diseases that shooks/shooked the earth
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From what i have read spanish flu its the worst disaster of all time. It killed most number of people in the shortest period of time.q
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