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Published online 2011 Feb 21. doi: 10.4103/2152-7806.76977

Table 1

Pornography a public health profile

CharacteristicsModel*Case**

Place/dateLondon (1854)USA (2010)
Critical defectContaminated water supplyPublic attitude: constrained indulgence
FascilitatorWater supplyPurveyors
AgentV. choleraeRaw material
Clinical conditionCholeraDrug imbalance (brain)
Disease categoryInfectionAddiction
Outcome with-out treatmentBiological deterioration and deathHypofrontal syndromes (?)
At RiskClose associates (and family)Poorly understood
TreatmentGeneral medical principlesAwaiting consensus

Extra-medical actions

Public health challengePrevent contaminationAppropriate education (social, political, biological)
AgencyPolitical (governmental)Venue-appropriate institutions
*S. Johnson. The Ghost Map. Riverhead Books. New York. 2006
**extrapolated from various popular and scientific commentaries, some referenced in this paper