La antigua Roma y las zoonosis

  1. Víctor Briones Dieste
Revista:
Revista complutense de ciencias veterinarias

ISSN: 1988-2688

Ano de publicación: 2018

Volume: 12

Número: 2

Páxinas: 71-80

Tipo: Artigo

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Resumo

Ancient Rome was an unhealthy and annoying city, far from our sound idea about it, associated to palaces, temples and statues. Daily life used to take place in a crowded environment, where malnutrition and poverty thrived. Direct or indirect fecal contamination from humans and animals of water and food was highly probable. Spills and pollution of watercourses and reservoirs with filth and carrion occurred often, this favoring pathogens and vectors. The lack of appropriate cleansing of streets and sewers, and the regular presence of animals –insects included– in streets and households guaranteed some more health challenges. These, and some other risk factors, supported both the appearance of large epidemics and the maintenance of endemic transmissible diseases including zoonoses.

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