Deadly Disease Timeline |
| Year | disease (findings) / outbreaks | scientific reasearch/cure | Medicines | Articles | ||||||
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| 1971 | Rickets : Three research groups identify the chemical/molecular structure of the final active form of vitamin D as 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3, which is soon reclassified as a hormone controlling calcium metabolism. | 
Rickets: A Medical Dictionary, Bibliography, And Annotated Research Guide To Internet References |
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| 1972 | Resources for malaria control shifted largely to other
health needs. |
Malaria and Rome: A History of Malaria in Ancient Italy |
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| 1974 | DDT removed from the marketplace in the US because of
its environmental effects. Alternative insecticides were more expensive
and in some cases were more toxic to people. |
First vaccine for chicken pox | 
The Story of the Chicken Pox |
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| 1975 | Rickets : Haussler confirms the discovery of a protein receptor that binds the active vitamin D metabolite to the nucleus of cells in the intestine. | 
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| 1976 | World Health Organisation co-ordinated an intensive study of malaria in the Garki district of Northern Nigeria. This study showed the problems that can be encountered in combatting malaria in Africa (1969 - 1976) | 
A Young Boy Holds His Sisters Hand as She Waits for Treatment against Malaria Photographic Print Buy at AllPosters.com |
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| 1977 | First vaccine for pneumonia (Streptococcus pneumoniae) | First issue of Diabetes Dialogue, a magazine for members of the Canadian Diabetes Association, is published. | ||||||||
| 1978 | The largest recorded outbreak of anthrax in humans and
likely the largest among animals occurred in Zimbabwe in 1978-1980 during
the time of its Civil War. 10,000 human cases and 151 deaths were documented.
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First vaccine for meningitis (Neisseria meningitidis) | 
Bacterial Meningitis: A Medical Dictionary, Bibliography, And Annotated Research Guide To Internet References |
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| 1979 | Accidental aerosolized release of anthrax spores in the Soviet Union in 1979 resulted in 79 cases and 68 deaths. | 
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| 1980 | Chloroquine resistance by P. falciparum appeared in coastal
Tanzania and Kenya and spread over most of Africa in the 1980's. |
Rickets : A a Japanese research team and, independently, Michael F. Holick and coworkers show that vitamin D hormone inhibits skin cell growth. Holick and colleagues demonstrate that topical applications of the vitamin D hormone are a remarkably effective treatment of psoriasis | ||||||||
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