ENT 207 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: World Health Organization, Peace Corps, United States Agency For International Development
14 Apr 2020
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Public health responses to outbreaks & the use of social networks. Centers for disease control (cdc: works at the federal level. Local (county) health department (lhd: most responsible for seeing disease. Governmental organization: un, peace corps, us military, usaid, cdc. Mds not trained to put things together. Characteristics: zoonotic, associated with ecological change, adaptive to new hosts or transmission modalities. Molecular tools: based on polymerase chain reaction and sequencing. Forensic epidemiology: mapping of disease transmission. Other new tools: geographic information systems, fine-scale mapping of outbreaks. Statistical and mathematical models: allows prediction of high-risk areas. Ex: sharing clean needles for drug use in indiana. 2 or more confirmed cases of a communicable disease. Need to: determine exposure, animal confinement or quarantine, wild animal/ bat testing, post exposure prophylaxis, getting rabies vaccines, ,000-,000 for the vaccines. Focus on interactions between individuals or groups. Relationships are represented by edges or links: acquaintanceship, friendship. Idea: all of us are connected in some way.
