Communicable Disease week 4
Communicable Disease
Vanessa Beckley
HCS/457
December 22, 2014
Duane Bibbie
Communicable Disease is an illness caused by an infectious agent or its toxins that occurs through the direct or indirect transmission of the infectious agent or its products from an infected individual or via an animal, vector or the inanimate environment to a susceptible animal or human host ("Centers for Disease Control And Prevention", N.D.). Communicable diseases spread from one person to another or from an animal to a person. The spread often happens via airborne viruses or bacteria, but also through blood or other bodily fluid. The terms infectious and contagious are also used to describe communicable disease. Communicable disease or disease such has hepatitis, HIV, influenza, Malaria, Polio, and Tuberculosis. One of the most common one is the different stands of Hepatitis. Hepatitis is inflammation of the liver. Toxins, certain drugs, some diseases, heavy alcohol use, and bacterial and viral infections can all cause hepatitis ("Hepatitis C Faqs for the public", n.d.). Hepatitis is also the name of a family of viral infections that affect the liver; the most common types are Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, and Hepatitis C. Hepatitis causes 78% of liver cancers and the hepatitis B virus alone infects an estimated one in three people worldwide. The public health concern of viral hepatitis is growing as the viruses are easily spread from person to person ("Hepatitis C Faqs for the Public", n.d.).
References
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (N.D.). Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/tb/programs/laws/menu/definitions.htm
Global Health Topics . (N.D.). Retrieved from http://www.globalhealth.gov/global-health-topics/communicable-diseases/
Vanessa Beckley
HCS/457
December 22, 2014
Duane Bibbie
Communicable Disease is an illness caused by an infectious agent or its toxins that occurs through the direct or indirect transmission of the infectious agent or its products from an infected individual or via an animal, vector or the inanimate environment to a susceptible animal or human host ("Centers for Disease Control And Prevention", N.D.). Communicable diseases spread from one person to another or from an animal to a person. The spread often happens via airborne viruses or bacteria, but also through blood or other bodily fluid. The terms infectious and contagious are also used to describe communicable disease. Communicable disease or disease such has hepatitis, HIV, influenza, Malaria, Polio, and Tuberculosis. One of the most common one is the different stands of Hepatitis. Hepatitis is inflammation of the liver. Toxins, certain drugs, some diseases, heavy alcohol use, and bacterial and viral infections can all cause hepatitis ("Hepatitis C Faqs for the public", n.d.). Hepatitis is also the name of a family of viral infections that affect the liver; the most common types are Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, and Hepatitis C. Hepatitis causes 78% of liver cancers and the hepatitis B virus alone infects an estimated one in three people worldwide. The public health concern of viral hepatitis is growing as the viruses are easily spread from person to person ("Hepatitis C Faqs for the Public", n.d.).
References
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (N.D.). Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/tb/programs/laws/menu/definitions.htm
Global Health Topics . (N.D.). Retrieved from http://www.globalhealth.gov/global-health-topics/communicable-diseases/
References: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (N.D.). Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/tb/programs/laws/menu/definitions.htm Global Health Topics . (N.D.). Retrieved from http://www.globalhealth.gov/global-health-topics/communicable-diseases/