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Black Death
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Bubonic Plague, spread through vectors chinese rat fleas, killed 1/3 population--1347 to 1350.
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other name, how spread, how many died, dates. Before columbus.
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What is a disease? Give Examples
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A consistent presentation of symptoms, signs, and pathology. Generally resulting from the same cause. Ex. Hodgkin's, Cholera, TB, Alzheimer's
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The two types of epidemics?
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Common Source, and Host to Host
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Host
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an animal or person in whom the disease presides (lives)
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carrier
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Disease Agent
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something that causes disease, usually a microbe or toxin
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Vector
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an organism that coveys an agent from one host to another
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Vehicle or Fomite
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an inanimate object which transmits a disease agent to a new host
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Prevalence
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Ratio of people with disease to the population
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Incidence
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Ratio of new cases to the person-time in a population
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Epidemiology
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The study of that which falls upon the population/The science of the occurrence, causes, frequencies and distribution of diseases.
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Common Source Epidemics
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One common exposure results in disease
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Host to Host Epidemics
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Passage from person to person or vector to person.
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Father of Epidemiology?
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John Snow, First to use a logical, systematic approach to identify the source of Cholera in a local London Epidemic. Water pump/mapped out disease.
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When was he cholera outbreak in London?
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1845
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about 100 years before WWII
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What does Epidemiology do?
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•Helps us find the causes of diseases
•Helps us plan for the burden of disease •Helps us prepare for the onset of disease •Helps us control outbreaks of disease •Helps us identify ways to prevent disease •Helps us evaluate the effectiveness of interventions, drugs, vaccines |
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