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BRFSS
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Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
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NHANES
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National health and nutrition examination Survey
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NHIS
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National Health interview survey
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NCHS
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National Center for Health Statistics
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Means of Transmission
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• Aerosol
• Touching contaminated object and putting in hands to mouth, nose or eyes • Contaminated water or food: fecal – oral route • Vectors/insects • Sexual contact • Symptomatic/prior to symptoms/ carrier |
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Robert Koch
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• Biologist who founded things such as Discovery of anthrax (1877) the tuberculosis bacillus (1882)
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Koch’s postulates
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• Present in all cases of the disease examined
• Isolated and maintained in a pure culture • Capable of producing the original infection, even after several generations in culture • Be retrievable from an inoculated animaland cultured again. |
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o Can you get a pure culture of a virus?
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No
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o Can you get a pure bacteria culture?
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Yes
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