SOC 4369 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Yellow Fever, Cryptosporidiosis, Typhoid Fever
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Bubonic plague, tb, smallpox, cholera, typhoid, typhus, yellow fever, diphtheria, measles, influenza. Infectious diseases were conquered by 1960"s thanks to. Defn: an illness caused by a pathogen or its products that has been transmitted from an infected person or a reservoir either directly or indirectly. Bacteria - tb, cholera, typhoid, tetanus, diphtheria, dysentery, syphilis, streptococci, staphylococci. Viruses - smallpox, poliomyelitis, hepatitis, measles, rabies, aids, yellow fever. Parasites - malaria, cryptosporidiosis, giardiasis, roundworms, tapeworms, hookworms, pinworms. Defn: the natural habitat of the infectious agent. Importance: organisms depend on the reservoir for survival; it reproduces itself in such a manner that it can be transmitted to a susceptible host. To identify the cause, risk factors, condition, health state new and existing. To study the natural history and prognosis. To evaluate both preventive measure, therapies, and facilitate research. Diseases classified according to signs and symptoms. Diarrheal, respiratory, cutaneous/soft tissue, cns, septicemic disease; and fever of undetermined origin.
