PUBHLTH 290B Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Bioterrorism, Cardiovascular Disease, Lung Cancer

• School: UMASS-Amherst
• Department: Public Health
• Course: PUBHLTH 290B
• Professor: Michael Begay

Document Summary

Patterns of disease occurrence: from the following information, epidemiologists can infer why a disease is occurring: Where is the disease occurring: the ultimate goal is to use this knowledge to control and prevent the spread of disease. Epidemic surveillance: is a major line of defense in protecting the public against disease, important terms are: (cid:862)shoe-leather epide(cid:373)iolog(cid:455)(cid:863: system was created to control spread of known disease but also aids in recognizing new disease, importance has increased with threat of bioterrorism. John snow and cholera: first example of use of epidemiology to study and control a disease was by snow for cholera, lo(cid:374)do(cid:374) had cholera epide(cid:373)i(cid:272)s i(cid:374) (cid:373)id (cid:1005)8(cid:1004)(cid:1004)"s, snow suspected an association with the water supply, the. Thames river: he (cid:272)o(cid:374)du(cid:272)ted a (cid:862)(cid:374)atural e(cid:454)peri(cid:373)e(cid:374)t(cid:863): Snow questioned households where cholera had occurred: most deaths were associated with one water supply company. Outbreak investigation: verify the diagnosis, construct a working case definition, find cases systematically.