BB H 440- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 27 pages long!)
28 Mar 2018
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
The exam will consist of 50 multiple-choice questions (2 points each) for a total of 100 points. Be sure to review all of the powerpoint slides, including the notes fields. Infectious disease vs. chronic disease epidemiology i) infectious disease epidemiology: infectious disease epidemics (e. g. , aids, measles, meningitis, etc. 2. (intestinal) infections in the us - salmonellosis the reported incidence of salmonella illnesses is about 14 cases per each. 100,000 persons, amounting to approximately 30,000 confirmed cases of salmonellosis yearly in the us (b) intermittent: source varies by place or time (c) continuous: source contamination is continuous (i) cholera traced to fecal contamination of water. In 1918, older adults may have had partial protection caused by exposure to the 1889 1890 flu pandemic, known as the russian flu. When shift happens, most people have little or no protection against the new virus. (ii) while influenza viruses are changing by antigenic drift all the time, antigenic shift happens only occasionally.
