European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 30, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Mapping the spread of disease by Joy Aschenbach National geographic the vihus15 i of unknown geographic i m disease has boor in a global epidemic in tin. 1wts every melt Yontal hour to Little of Coq Rapic analysisli., Chen Conr tucked concern Latifi it inn geography a fief i is growing for he lust time aids is on the Nrec a i Oll am Al conference of to ask Dialion a american of Jav a Phars it Phoenix. Afiz. This month mapping inn menacing of Ead of inf of liars diseases Wilhm countries and continents across glom Lional boundaries and around inc world can give invaluable spatial clip cd to i rather investigation of inc Aetiology or causes of certain diseases says geographer John m Hunter of Michigan state univ rail a Wax is an authority on medical Georji Talphy Merloni Yco Mph can never be Acme All. Lizul Hie relation Ihn Belken diseases Anri geographic Environ Iii of nov. I c say in a tool to help Piedici and control inc apr Rulo a live and choose local Idns for facilities ,ll1lv it almost any disease con to Pul on Ide Irupe concur All infer. Uth Unior re Stales were recent Puhl and by led Oral i Rii tic it agencies to town cover the mor Lamy re Isiom 19� to 1980. 1hi l or in it Tanta pre Lection Agency s us released volume of main shows the death Rale Torh Typo of Canter by counties nearly every map poses questions that need Iii Calion Hunter says Flo cancer Institute s Alia contains Moro than 2su con Ipi Star generated color coded maps of Moila ily Mies Anu Iraj while people for 33 kinds of cancer in inc contiguous 48 it silos. Divided Inlo 506 geographic Mccagh Ovie of the starlling discoveries Wao thai inc Morl Lily Rale for lung cancer among women was very High on inc West coast Ruji inn the 1970s, while the Rale Lor men there was Low or avoid fac says Linda Pickle a and a l suddenly it became readily Oppa enl that Bome Lhing unusual was happening there with Ler Niile inn cancer the purpose of the alias is to come up Vii Hypoth cases Lobo targeted and elected through Tutti or research Over inc rom Unis. The origin of widespread Flluen a har nol Jim rim Jingle been Altri Fulcd to neighbouring count pcs. Honic russian. Asian Hong Kong and Spanish plus " Hunter reported in a paper presented in january at Ihu National geographic society s Centennial scientific symposium in 88 Chan Gimp fico Papfi a mapping ire 1957 worldwide epidemic of asian thu Icv caked irn air Lance of world Sli Ipong lanes As Llu s he Flag or of lined up for of food tests children in the Ivory coast Benefit Tram Worff health Organ Zitoon attn Tor Quick and Earth detection of exposure to sleeping subsets. In a Western african form it could go Undis noted tar month. Roi Ilc. He says the faster Ira cling 1968 global Chi Domstc of Hong Kong flu took flight along Commerce cd Rounios Bolh epidemic apparel ii emerged from the same Region til soul hem China the. First intercontinental spread of the asian Tiger Mosquito an Exoler earner of encephalitis was traced my Japan to the United states aboard boatloads of used Liros Hal had been imported Tor mapping initially Detec cd in the Houston Galveston port area in 1985 Hunter says the mos Quilos had developed from larvae in stagnant water trapped in the tiros they quietly spread throughout a Largo Region of the Mississippi Valley primarily in places with lire a tanks within two Yeai s. His Hardy adaptive insect had headed North of Chicago and Cleveland it poses a Yel untested disease threat in Africa. Fire measles of Fen mean deals the childhood affliction 15 a strongly geographic disease. Hunter says it strikes at the end of the Day season in West Africa All cling every Village Aboul every third year. In a Sierra Loon Village of 19 houses thai Hunter surveyed in 1081.18 children had died in four weeks. Tin geographic Poilu in of measles fatalities reveals that the Lale was higher in the Interior Fores areas where vaccine was not available mapping vaccination coverage a says would Aid in planning health care delivery another inlay Al can childhood disease meningitis san pcs a Well Del nod geographic zone in the Sachet every dry season it periodically spreads in great rolling epidemic Waves irom East to West he says. Winter High pressure Colls in the Sahara a chorale Oast Nort Wasl winds in West Africa thai correspond with the direction of fhe epidemic spread " in certain regions of the tropical world Hunter Saya. Linc Luned geographic analysts is needed to identify hot spots where diseases such As malaria tuberculosis and leprosy Are once again on the Rise because either the insect Carrier or the diseases themselves have developed a resistance to pos Liddo and drugs the gains of inc last Century in the con rot of certain parasitic and infectious diseases he warns Are in danger of regressing " they9re not crazy just eccentric by Robert Glass associated press Peluf i f who Hunt vampires he in caves or Liri in Pink elephant Colum res i i i i . V they re us i.,1 throne a qty Fly be or says i Djerf week 5. Principal clinical psychcl0 j to at Tow Edinburgh Hospital Scotland Hosa Shi ii a Ivic aed 130 eccentrics and found Only one insane it ii in among them weeks spent three years studying , Are turned his Inlo o Book called Cecen rfcs Nie so Enri in is , to lie pub hed m May ii teas \ n Hiil a until in study of its kind in me Vond weeks t in interview and it exploded a Lew a Tri among Miriem trial Bilams Are More cd Centric than american Tor ecce i i a at is. An american St to of i. Ain Britain since "j?5 but ivc 11.1 a ii5 philosophy in America i rugged individualism that s whal eccentricity is All he said Bolh if i. Tod Stales and Britain seem to i Lave More irian other countries possibly because icy have in. Sir orig so Liadi Lionson free speech said weeks moreover it s i myth that British Are mainly ans Icouls they re mostly in the upper Middle class professional the psychologist said they lend to be outspoken loners which weeks behoves qualities Pence Charles As an eccentric. Given his Inlet est in Uncan Elliona Medicine ins habit of 1aik.nrj to Plains his solitary inns to in edible and his no jams he d Pic buy to a los More Cicen ofic in he weren t loyally the said anal prob Only pcs incas him cot s Ruckins one person in 10 xxi. An Cocce Nanc Tny 1 Jid to be highly ,1.1, imaginations and car Aphra dreams they have Lola of Ruud i 1ta5." we car however icy can to a Desiste ii they gel a Good idea hey stick with it " Fai Oai pfc. Among weeks Mcl were a Mon lived in a Cave for Cir he years and Lour people Wilh Pirp Elul Molion Machtei Tiey Aru convinced Wilt one Day. Another eccentric Scales Soltice buildings in n pm elephant Cost unix and has built a he Mobile " a con Raylion Wii i wheels wings flashing lights and on engine ii moves bin n does t weeks explained. Then Ali Etc was a teacher from Long Island ny., who set up a Vampire investigation Bureau which is open at night and travels the world Hunting the winged blood fusty co flu is weeks and research assistant kale Ward located eccentrics by word of Mouth and put icily Aboul if Weir work people 1hou a they qua hied were Given rental and personality Testo Only one turned out to be insane. Weeks said he thou rom he a so arc l agent and a on Ward with a Iet o keys Page 16 the stars and stripes saturday. April 30.1983
