Spring 2015 Chapter 15
... a major event in the history of public health and can be regarded as the founding event of the science of epidemiology. ...
... a major event in the history of public health and can be regarded as the founding event of the science of epidemiology. ...
Measles information leaflet
... How do you prevent measles? • By immunisation - there is a safe and effective vaccine, which protects against measles. It is one of the “M” components in MMR vaccine and a child needs two doses of this vaccine, one at 13 - 15 months and another dose pre-school. • Protection can be life long. • If a ...
... How do you prevent measles? • By immunisation - there is a safe and effective vaccine, which protects against measles. It is one of the “M” components in MMR vaccine and a child needs two doses of this vaccine, one at 13 - 15 months and another dose pre-school. • Protection can be life long. • If a ...
Disease Eradication
... the costs per case rise sharply as the number of cases declines. Common difficulties faced by such campaigns include sporadic or widespread political insecurity in areas where the disease is endemic, inadequate or delayed funding, and the challenges of motivating officials, health workers, and affec ...
... the costs per case rise sharply as the number of cases declines. Common difficulties faced by such campaigns include sporadic or widespread political insecurity in areas where the disease is endemic, inadequate or delayed funding, and the challenges of motivating officials, health workers, and affec ...
SNC 4M Pathogens and Disease Unit homework
... 3) Is it possible to use antibiotics to help cure a viral infection? Why? 4) Why is malaria such an epidemic in certain countries? Protection from Pathogens 1) What is the difference between a preventative measure and a reactionary measure? Give an example of each showing the difference. 2) What is ...
... 3) Is it possible to use antibiotics to help cure a viral infection? Why? 4) Why is malaria such an epidemic in certain countries? Protection from Pathogens 1) What is the difference between a preventative measure and a reactionary measure? Give an example of each showing the difference. 2) What is ...
dracunculus medinensis
... urticaria, erythema, dyspnoea, vomiting, pruritus and giddiness are of an allergic nature. In about 50% of cases, the whole worm is extruded in a few weeks; the lesion then heals rapidly, and disability is of limited duration. In the remaining cases, however, complications ensue, and the track of th ...
... urticaria, erythema, dyspnoea, vomiting, pruritus and giddiness are of an allergic nature. In about 50% of cases, the whole worm is extruded in a few weeks; the lesion then heals rapidly, and disability is of limited duration. In the remaining cases, however, complications ensue, and the track of th ...
Fish Health
... Ex: Channel catfish in recirculation system – Average wt: 1 kg – Density: 600 g/l – Healthy condition » Power failure occurred » Resulted in: - Costia epizootic several days later » Treatment with: » Disease + treatment = stress = additional disease due to other pathogens 1 week later = all fish die ...
... Ex: Channel catfish in recirculation system – Average wt: 1 kg – Density: 600 g/l – Healthy condition » Power failure occurred » Resulted in: - Costia epizootic several days later » Treatment with: » Disease + treatment = stress = additional disease due to other pathogens 1 week later = all fish die ...
PDF - Medical Journal of Australia
... research led to effective antiviral drugs and greatly extended the healthy lifespan of infected individuals in Western countries. However, in the populous countries of Africa, South America and Asia, heterosexual transmission dominated and led to epidemics of neonatal infection via transplacental tr ...
... research led to effective antiviral drugs and greatly extended the healthy lifespan of infected individuals in Western countries. However, in the populous countries of Africa, South America and Asia, heterosexual transmission dominated and led to epidemics of neonatal infection via transplacental tr ...
Starter: Write your own definition for the following key terms
... Starter: Write your own definition for the following key terms ...
... Starter: Write your own definition for the following key terms ...
background notes, pls review before Lecture 20
... We will NOT go over this material in class, but it is essential for your understanding of what we will be covering in class. Medical Microbiology 1. Disease Transmission and Epidemiology – Chapter 14 Disease - change from a state of health a. Terminology related to infectious diseases Etiology – t ...
... We will NOT go over this material in class, but it is essential for your understanding of what we will be covering in class. Medical Microbiology 1. Disease Transmission and Epidemiology – Chapter 14 Disease - change from a state of health a. Terminology related to infectious diseases Etiology – t ...
BIO113 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE CONCEPTS Unit 4 Disease and the
... 1. To examine the history of the development of the germ theory of disease 2. To define the following terms: pathogen, microbe, infectious agent, epidemic, plague 3. To provide examples of diseases transmitted by inhalation, body fluids, ingestion, and vectors 4. To determine why prions and viruses ...
... 1. To examine the history of the development of the germ theory of disease 2. To define the following terms: pathogen, microbe, infectious agent, epidemic, plague 3. To provide examples of diseases transmitted by inhalation, body fluids, ingestion, and vectors 4. To determine why prions and viruses ...
Treatment of Diseases
... • The disease was most common among newly recruited soldiers who came from rural areas and therefore had not been exposed to the disease before, unlike recruits from the larger cities, who had come in contact with measles, among other diseases, already. • When a measles epidemic hit, between one-thi ...
... • The disease was most common among newly recruited soldiers who came from rural areas and therefore had not been exposed to the disease before, unlike recruits from the larger cities, who had come in contact with measles, among other diseases, already. • When a measles epidemic hit, between one-thi ...
Diseases Worksheet - Hickman Science Department
... 14. If your little sister gets chickenpox when will it be OK to let her go back to school? 15. Which of the following diseases has killed the most people? Measles, German measles, Smallpox, Chickenpox 16. When was the first case of AIDS reported in the United States? 17. What is the name of the viru ...
... 14. If your little sister gets chickenpox when will it be OK to let her go back to school? 15. Which of the following diseases has killed the most people? Measles, German measles, Smallpox, Chickenpox 16. When was the first case of AIDS reported in the United States? 17. What is the name of the viru ...
Epidemiology
... 1. Conditions in a hospital make an ideal situation for the contraction of disease A) High-density population with B) Patients tend to be C) Antibiotic-resistant microbes are D) Large number of B. Common examples of Nosocomial infections: ...
... 1. Conditions in a hospital make an ideal situation for the contraction of disease A) High-density population with B) Patients tend to be C) Antibiotic-resistant microbes are D) Large number of B. Common examples of Nosocomial infections: ...
B2B Pop Health, April 6_2009, part 2
... • restrictions on the activities of well people who (may) have been exposed to a communicable disease during its period of communicability. – active surveillance is an alternative – usually quarantine for at least two incubation periods. – More controversial than isolation since it affects people wh ...
... • restrictions on the activities of well people who (may) have been exposed to a communicable disease during its period of communicability. – active surveillance is an alternative – usually quarantine for at least two incubation periods. – More controversial than isolation since it affects people wh ...
Notification of School Staff of Possible Exposure to Infectious Disease
... You may have been exposed to an infectious disease at work. Exposure to infectious diseases in a school setting is not unexpected and somewhat inevitable. In any work setting including schools, there might be individuals who have a higher risk of complications if exposed to certain diseases. Example ...
... You may have been exposed to an infectious disease at work. Exposure to infectious diseases in a school setting is not unexpected and somewhat inevitable. In any work setting including schools, there might be individuals who have a higher risk of complications if exposed to certain diseases. Example ...
What is an infectious disease?
... Carrier: infected by pathogens but show no symptoms of the disease BUT can pass the disease to others. ...
... Carrier: infected by pathogens but show no symptoms of the disease BUT can pass the disease to others. ...
Guns, Germs and Steel - International Livestock Research Institute
... If the rise of farming was a bonanza for our microbes, the rise of cities was a greater one . . . . Not until the beginning of the 20th century did Europe’s urban populations finally become self-sustaining: before then, constant immigration of healthy peasants from the countryside was necessary to m ...
... If the rise of farming was a bonanza for our microbes, the rise of cities was a greater one . . . . Not until the beginning of the 20th century did Europe’s urban populations finally become self-sustaining: before then, constant immigration of healthy peasants from the countryside was necessary to m ...
Aim: What changes did the Spanish Conquest of South America bring?
... 2. Killed millions of people between 15201600 ...
... 2. Killed millions of people between 15201600 ...
COMMUNICABLE & NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASES
... O EAT A BALANCED DIET O AVOID SHARING EATING UTENSILS, MAKEUP. COMBS, BRUSHES AND OTHER PERSONAL ITEMS ...
... O EAT A BALANCED DIET O AVOID SHARING EATING UTENSILS, MAKEUP. COMBS, BRUSHES AND OTHER PERSONAL ITEMS ...
Where are we today
... • Approx 200 deaths • Droplet precautions should be added to standard precautions when providing care to all patients with symptoms of acute respiratory infection. • Contact precautions and eye protection should be added when caring for suspected or confirmed cases of ...
... • Approx 200 deaths • Droplet precautions should be added to standard precautions when providing care to all patients with symptoms of acute respiratory infection. • Contact precautions and eye protection should be added when caring for suspected or confirmed cases of ...
Measures
... Prevalance of Hepatitis A: 32 to 38 percent of U.S. population that have any history of disease (1991) Prevalance: approx 1 in 302 or 0.33% or 900,000 people in USA ...
... Prevalance of Hepatitis A: 32 to 38 percent of U.S. population that have any history of disease (1991) Prevalance: approx 1 in 302 or 0.33% or 900,000 people in USA ...
Eradication of infectious diseases
Eradication is the reduction of an infectious disease's prevalence in the global host population to zero. It is sometimes confused with elimination, which describes either the reduction of an infectious disease's prevalence in a regional population to zero, or the reduction of the global prevalence to a negligible amount. Further confusion arises from the use of the term eradication to refer to the total removal of a given pathogen from an individual (also known as clearance of an infection), particularly in the context of HIV and certain other viruses where such cures are sought.Selection of infectious diseases for eradication is based on rigorous criteria, as both biological and technical features determine whether a pathogenic organism is (at least potentially) eradicable. The targeted organism must not have a non-human reservoir (or, in the case of animal diseases, the infection reservoir must be an easily identifiable species, as in the case of rinderpest), and/or amplify in the environment. This implies that sufficient information on the life cycle and transmission dynamics is available at the time an eradication initiative is programmed. An efficient and practical intervention (e.g., a vaccine or antibiotic) must be available to interrupt transmission of the infective agent. Studies of measles in the pre-vaccination era led to the concept of the Critical community size, the size of the population below which a pathogen ceases to circulate. Use of vaccination programmes before the introduction of an eradication campaign can reduce the susceptible population. The disease to be eradicated should be clearly identifiable, and an accurate diagnostic tool should exist. Economic considerations, as well as societal and political support and commitment, are other crucial factors that determine eradication feasibility.Eight attempts have been made to date to eradicate infectious diseases: two successful programs targeting smallpox and rinderpest; four ongoing programs targeting poliomyelitis, yaws, dracunculiasis and malaria; and two former programs targeting hookworm and yellow fever. Five more infectious diseases have been identified as of April 2008 as potentially eradicable with current technology by the Carter Center International Task Force for Disease Eradication—measles, mumps, rubella, lymphatic filariasis and cysticercosis.