PPT-VIRAL DISEASES AND EPIDEMIOLOGY

Claude MUVUNYI MD PhD Viral diseases The relative susceptibility of a person and the severity of the disease depend on factors such as the nature of exposure the immune status age. Principles of Epidemiology. A. Epidemiology is the study of the factors influencing the frequency and distribution of diseases. 1. communicable diseases – diseases that can be transmitted from one host to another . Introduction. Paul Rota. Centers for Disease Control. . Accelerating Progress towards Measles and Rubella Elimination. Hotel Royal, Geneva, Switzerland, 21-23 June 2016. National Center for Immunization & Respiratory Diseases. You will need to wear gloves for all class activities today.. Pick a random identification card up from the front desk (record this ID code in Table 3).. Switch cards with your partners (record your new code in Table 3).. Pessah-Eljay. Zoonosis Disease. . Epidemiology Division. Zoonosis Unit. Feb, 2015. S.Pessah-Eljay. . MD., MPH., MS. Brucellosis. Brucellosis: . Agent and transmission. Agent: . Brucella. sp.. Transmission. Ananda. Kumar . Saha. Dept. of Zoology. Rajshahi. University . Viral Diseases. Viral. . diseases. . are structural . or . functional disorder of an organism caused . by . infection of viruses. .. . Alkhaldi. Community Medicine 2015/ 1016. Faculty of Medicine, The University of Jordan. 2. Definitions…. Public health. The science & art of . . P. reventing disease, . prolonging life, . . and. . Methods. . INCIDENCE฀AND฀PREVALENCE. . SOURCES฀OF฀DATA. . COHORT฀AND฀CASE-CONTROL฀STUDY฀DESIGNS. . Basic. . Biological. . Concepts. . SUSCEPTIBILITY฀AND฀IMMUNITY. Company Name. The Herpes Virus Family. Cytomegalovirus. Chapter 21. Etiology. Classified as a herpesvirus. Large enveloped DNA virus. Cell associated, spreads from cell to cell.. Epidemiology. Transmission: oral, respiratory or venereal.. Anas Abu. -. Humaidan. M.D. Ph.D. . Viral gastroenteritis . Gastroenteritis / overview . Gastroenteritis. . is inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract—the stomach and small intestine.. Can be caused by . Chronic wasting disease of deer Contagious agalactia in sheep Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia Contagious caprine pleuropneumonia Contagious equine metritis Crimean Congo haemorrhagic fever Dourine ( Mackenzie J, Chua K, Daniels P, Eaton B, Field H, Hall R, et al. Emerging Viral Diseases of Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific. Emerg Infect Dis. 2001;7(7):497-504. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid0707.017703. Introduction:. Viral infections of plants can cause necrosis, hypoplasia . or . hyperplasia and these effects can lead to symptoms such as. Growth retardation . Distortion. Mosaic patterning of leaves. Global epidemiology of hepatitis C virus infection: . New estimates of age‐specific antibody to HCV seroprevalence. Mohd. . Hanafiah. , K. . et al.57 (4) . Hepatology. , 2013. HCV Epidemiology in West Africa. INTRODUCTION . TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND . EPIDEMIOLOGY (1).  . At the end of THE session the student should be able to:. Describes the historical context. Define scope and terminology. Identify what questions can epidemiology answer and its uses.