PUBH 1001 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Infection, Hookworm Infection, Pasteurization
Document Summary
Insects: malaria, lyme disease, west nile virus, dengue fever, zika, yellow fever, other animals, rabies, avian flu, anthrax, plague, airborne person to person. Influenzas, sars, measles, chickenpox, tb, common cold: sexual transmission/open sores, stds, hiv, water/food, hepatitis a, cholera, fecal/oral, polio, salmonella, transfusions/blood/contaminated needles, hiv, hepatitis b, c, d and e, chronic carriers. Individuals without symptoms but with the ability to chronically transmit the disease: hiv, hep b and c, public health tools available to address the burden of communicable diseases, barrier protections. Isolation, quarantine: hand washing, condoms, mosquito nets. Incubation period: the expected time between contact and development of symptoms. Immunizations designed to protect individuals as well as population. Immunization: strengthening of the immune system to prevent or control disease, passive immunity. Inactivated vaccine (dead) and live vaccines (attenuated live: stimulate the body"s own antibody production, live vaccines, living but weakened organisms that stimulate cell-mediated immunity.
