Open AccessEpidemiological importance of etymology of the Greek word “χoλepa”
Author(s) -
Геннадий Павлович Мурначев
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
èpidemiologiâ i infekcionnye bolezni
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2411-3026
pISSN - 1560-9529
DOI - 10.17816/eid40677
Subject(s) - etymology , cholera , epidemiology , history , geography , linguistics , medicine , virology , philosophy , pathology
With the use a comparative historical and cartographic technique in an epidemiological study of materials on cholera, concomitant natural and social factors in the period up to 1817, this article considers the etymological carriers of the ancient Greek word "cholera" not as an infectious process, but as the epidemic process. This provided a clarification of the epidemiological characteristics of historical cholera in the Eurasian continent.