Why would we need to know the index case for the purpose of disease containment
Module 9: Global Systems Level: Our World
Cheat sheets for this module:
Survival Analysis
Field Epidemiology Terms
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Choose the type of Epidemic
Biostatistics – Survival Analysis
Understand the following terms associated with Survival Analysis
Define the following terms:
| Survival Analysis |
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| Survival Function |
Field Epidemiology Terms
Define the following terms:
| Hyperendemic Level of Occurrence |
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| Sporadic Level of Occurrence | |
| Descriptive Phase of Outbreak Investigation | |
| Analytic Phase of Outbreak Investigation | |
| Epidemic Curve | |
| Attack Rates | |
| Secondary Attack Rates | |
| Common Source Epidemics | |
| Point Source Epidemics | |
| Continuing Epidemics | |
| Intermittent Epidemics | |
| Propagated Epidemics | |
| Mixed Epidemics |
What is the difference between an Outbreak and a Cluster in terms of the epidemiology?
Emerging Infectious Diseases
50 years ago, people thought we were approaching the end of what had been the war against infectious diseases that had occurred since the dawn of humanity. However, recent evidence has shown that not only are we constantly in danger of “new” diseases, but are still facing issues with traditional diseases that have increased resistance to available drugs. Answer the following questions.
What is the difference between Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases?
What is a broad-spectrum drug?
What is a compromised host?
What is an index case? Why would we need to know the index case for the purpose of disease containment?
What is a nosocomial infection? Why is it such a concern for the field of Public Health?
What is transformation (in terms of bacteria) and how does it play a role in treatment of bacterial infections?