ANTC68H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Inq Mobile, Ebola Virus Disease, System On A Chip
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Incidence: new cases that occur at specific time (could be year or more spec. ); total number of new cases for a period of time. Prevalence: total number of cases for same period of time; includes new and old cases and people still suffering from t *of course not the people who no longer have it. Generally a lot of disease have to do with enviro. (phys. or nutrit. ) *bact. and viral diseases know the diff. , and prions. Trend towards non-infect. affecting people globally; prev. suff. from infect. disease, most people now die of chronic diseases (hbp); but infect. still exist b/c of soc. condit"s like poor hygiene for example. Can be easily prevented and cured (infect. diseases still affecting people) New infect. diseases will keep emerg. over time no matter what e. g. sars and ebola. : recog. role of hum"s in the enviro.
