HSCI 160 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Sub-Saharan Africa, Aureus, Diarrhea
16 Oct 2016
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Causes 31% of deaths and 40% of dalys in low and middle income countries. The burden caused by communicable diseases is avoidable, many can be prevented or treated. Communicable disease-transmission: animal-animal, animal-human, or human- human. Case: an individual with a particular disease. Case fatality rate: the proportion of persons with a particular condition (cases) who die from that condition. Control (disease control): reducing the incidence and prevalence of a disease to an acceptable level. Tetanus, malaria, cholera, tb, schistosomiasis, diarrhea, aids, stis, Parasite: an organism that lives in or on another organism and takes its nourishment from that organism. Eradication (of disease): termination of all cases of a disease and its transmission globally. Elimination (of disease): reducing the incidence of a disease in a specific area to 0. Emerging infectious disease: a newly discovered disease. Reemerging infectious disease: an existing disease that has increased in incidence, spread to a new place, or taken new forms.
