Dan Lucey, M.D., MPH Georgetown University Medical Center
... Senior Scholar at the O'Neill Institute. A physician trained in infectious diseases and public health, he has taught for 11 years at Georgetown on global emerging infectious diseases. He completed his infectious disease training and MPH at Harvard and worked in the US Public Health Service at the Na ...
... Senior Scholar at the O'Neill Institute. A physician trained in infectious diseases and public health, he has taught for 11 years at Georgetown on global emerging infectious diseases. He completed his infectious disease training and MPH at Harvard and worked in the US Public Health Service at the Na ...
Disease Prevention: Aerosol Transmission
... Aerosol transmission occurs when disease agents contained in droplets are passed through the air from one animal and breathed in by another. Respiratory diseases cause animals to cough, sneeze and blow out mucus from their nose or mouth. These actions can spread disease particles through the air and ...
... Aerosol transmission occurs when disease agents contained in droplets are passed through the air from one animal and breathed in by another. Respiratory diseases cause animals to cough, sneeze and blow out mucus from their nose or mouth. These actions can spread disease particles through the air and ...
Emerging Infections
... serious health concerns include HIV/AIDS has become a global health threat. Lyme disease is transmitted to humans through tick bites. ...
... serious health concerns include HIV/AIDS has become a global health threat. Lyme disease is transmitted to humans through tick bites. ...
Vector-borne and Water-borne Diseases
... Vector-borne and Water-borne Diseases Global warming is acknowledged by scientists around the world to be a reality and to be caused primarily by human activity, especially the burning of fossil fuels. As the earth warms, the delicate balance of climate, weather events and life is disrupted. Consequ ...
... Vector-borne and Water-borne Diseases Global warming is acknowledged by scientists around the world to be a reality and to be caused primarily by human activity, especially the burning of fossil fuels. As the earth warms, the delicate balance of climate, weather events and life is disrupted. Consequ ...
Infectious diseases
... of the nose and throat causing the common effects of the cold (for example, sore throat, runny nose or fever). • Because the cold is caused by a virus it cannot be treated with an antibiotic. ...
... of the nose and throat causing the common effects of the cold (for example, sore throat, runny nose or fever). • Because the cold is caused by a virus it cannot be treated with an antibiotic. ...
Newsletter - January 2016 - Grampians Region Health Collaborative
... recently – it is important to maintain a level of alertness as we are now faced with many emerging infectious diseases and multi resistant microorganisms. If you do not have a poster in ED please ask your ICP. ...
... recently – it is important to maintain a level of alertness as we are now faced with many emerging infectious diseases and multi resistant microorganisms. If you do not have a poster in ED please ask your ICP. ...
The Sociology of Infectious Disease: Using
... Outbreaks, Epidemic vs. Endemic • An outbreak or epidemic exists when there are more cases of a particular disease than expected in a given area, or among a specific group of people, over a particular time. – Example: Seasonal flu ...
... Outbreaks, Epidemic vs. Endemic • An outbreak or epidemic exists when there are more cases of a particular disease than expected in a given area, or among a specific group of people, over a particular time. – Example: Seasonal flu ...
File
... New diseases are continually emerging, making epidemiology important. ◦ Emerging diseases is a disease that has appeared in the human population for the first time (e.g. H1N1 swine flu). ◦ Emerging diseases may lead to an epidemic because humans have developed little to no resistance to them. ◦ An e ...
... New diseases are continually emerging, making epidemiology important. ◦ Emerging diseases is a disease that has appeared in the human population for the first time (e.g. H1N1 swine flu). ◦ Emerging diseases may lead to an epidemic because humans have developed little to no resistance to them. ◦ An e ...
Projects
... The major challenge of trying to directly link the presence of infectious agents with tumor development is that infectious agents are often present at very low levels in the tissue (below detection limit) or may have been cleared from infected tumor tissue at the time of testing. In the later ‘Hit-a ...
... The major challenge of trying to directly link the presence of infectious agents with tumor development is that infectious agents are often present at very low levels in the tissue (below detection limit) or may have been cleared from infected tumor tissue at the time of testing. In the later ‘Hit-a ...
The Five Commandments of Infectious Disease
... be consulted to determine if and when children should be excluded and when they can return. Sending an ill child home and notifying all other parents of the presence of an infectious disease are two steps that may help stop the spread of the following diseases: ...
... be consulted to determine if and when children should be excluded and when they can return. Sending an ill child home and notifying all other parents of the presence of an infectious disease are two steps that may help stop the spread of the following diseases: ...
What Pathogens Cause Infectious Disease and How Are They
... Athlete's foot is treated with topical antifungal medication (a drug placed directly on the skin) in most cases. Severe cases may require oral drugs (those taken by mouth). The feet must be kept clean and dry since the fungus thrives in moist environments. Most protists are single-cellular microorga ...
... Athlete's foot is treated with topical antifungal medication (a drug placed directly on the skin) in most cases. Severe cases may require oral drugs (those taken by mouth). The feet must be kept clean and dry since the fungus thrives in moist environments. Most protists are single-cellular microorga ...
Nutritional Diseases - Extension Veterinary Medicine
... obnoxious Infection Invasion by and multiplication of pathogenic microorganisms in a bodily part or tissue, which may produce subsequent tissue injury and progress to overt disease through a variety of cellular or toxic mechanisms ...
... obnoxious Infection Invasion by and multiplication of pathogenic microorganisms in a bodily part or tissue, which may produce subsequent tissue injury and progress to overt disease through a variety of cellular or toxic mechanisms ...
CHALLENGES IN COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
... – Influenced course of wars – Determined fates of nations – Affected civilisation ...
... – Influenced course of wars – Determined fates of nations – Affected civilisation ...
2010 Steve Bellan and the NSF/DIMACS Advanced Study Institute
... taken to prevent and control a disease, usually one of an infectious nature. ...
... taken to prevent and control a disease, usually one of an infectious nature. ...
infection detection and prevention.notebook
... fluids from another organism). Parasites don't always kill the host, but they may weaken or sicken it. Protozoa is another name for animallike protists. Both African sleeping sickness and malaria are examples of protist diseases, where the protist destroys red blood cells. Another example is ...
... fluids from another organism). Parasites don't always kill the host, but they may weaken or sicken it. Protozoa is another name for animallike protists. Both African sleeping sickness and malaria are examples of protist diseases, where the protist destroys red blood cells. Another example is ...
Notification of Infectious Diseases Form
... Notifiable Infectious Diseases are included in Schedule 3 of the Health (Infectious Diseases) Regulations 2001 and are divided into four groups on the basis of the method of notification and the information required. With the exception of HIV/AIDS, these groups are all included on the enclosed form. ...
... Notifiable Infectious Diseases are included in Schedule 3 of the Health (Infectious Diseases) Regulations 2001 and are divided into four groups on the basis of the method of notification and the information required. With the exception of HIV/AIDS, these groups are all included on the enclosed form. ...
Infectious Diseases in NC Overview
... SPN: 73 volunteer practitioners report w eekly their patient w orkload; using ILI case definition: "f ever and cough or sore throat." ED: As of 05/19/2007, 103 hospitals report daily ED visits electronically through NC DETECT system, using ILI case def inition: "ILI cases must include any case w ith ...
... SPN: 73 volunteer practitioners report w eekly their patient w orkload; using ILI case definition: "f ever and cough or sore throat." ED: As of 05/19/2007, 103 hospitals report daily ED visits electronically through NC DETECT system, using ILI case def inition: "ILI cases must include any case w ith ...
Diseases Caused by Bacteria and Viruses
... All known prokaryotic pathogens are bacteria Louis Pasteur helped establish the germ theory of disease by showing bacteria responsible for many human and animal diseases Bacterial diseases produced in 2 general ways: ...
... All known prokaryotic pathogens are bacteria Louis Pasteur helped establish the germ theory of disease by showing bacteria responsible for many human and animal diseases Bacterial diseases produced in 2 general ways: ...
Neglected tropical diseases
Neglected tropical diseases are a medically diverse group of tropical infections which are especially common in low-income populations in developing regions of Africa, Asia, and the Americas. They are caused by a variety of pathogens such as viruses, bacteria, protozoa and helminths. Different organizations define the set of diseases differently. In sub-Saharan Africa, the impact of these diseases as a group is comparable to malaria and tuberculosis. Some of these diseases have known preventive measures or acute medical treatments which are available in the developed world but which are not universally available in poorer areas. In some cases, the treatments are relatively inexpensive. For example, the treatment for schistosomiasis is USD $0.20 per child per year. Nevertheless, control of neglected diseases is estimated to require funding of between US$2 billion to US$3 billion over the next five to seven years.These diseases are contrasted with the big three diseases (HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria), which generally receive greater treatment and research funding. The neglected diseases can also make HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis more deadly. However, some pharmaceutical companies have committed to donating all the drug therapies required, and mass drug administration (for example mass deworming) has been successfully accomplished in several countries.Seventeen neglected tropical diseases are prioritized by WHO. These diseases are common in 149 countries, affecting more than 1.4 billion people (including more than 500 million children) and costing developing economies billions of dollars every year. They resulted in 142,000 deaths in 2013 –down from 204,000 deaths in 1990. Of these 17, two are targeted for eradication (dracunculiasis (guinea-worm disease) by 2015 and yaws by 2020) and four for elimination (blinding trachoma, human African trypanosomiasis, leprosy and lymphatic filariasis by 2020).