Institute of Public Health Studies College of Veterinary Medicine Nursing and Allied Health Tuskegee University General Course Information Course Title: Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases Course Web Site: http://www.tuskegee.edu - select quick link to BlackBoard site Course Number: MSPH-0620 Year: 2014 Semester: Fall Credit Hours: 3 Class Schedule: This course will meet on Mondays and Wednesdays: 9:10 – 10:30 a.m. Course Director: Dr. Toufic Nashar Course Director Office:
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Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Co | | |[pic] | |Court |Court of Appeal (Civil Division) | |Full case name |Louisa Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Company | |Date decided |7 December 1893 | |Citation(s) |[1892] EWCA Civ 1‚ [1893] 1 QB 256 | |Judge(s) sitting |Lindley LJ‚ Bowen LJ and AL Smith
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as the emergence of new ones‚ may become entrenched through maintaining social norms or be spread quickly by the worlds increasing globalization (Rx for Survival‚ 2005). This episode presented several related aspects I found to be important to epidemiology that can be addressed. One aspect concerned the need for effective public health surveillance to initiate a fast response in the event of a disease threat. Public health surveillance is tasked with capturing information and disseminating it to
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medical treatment or awareness due to the fact that it is a very serious infection. Haemophilus influenza type b is the very common cause of bacterial meningitis. Some general and familiar examples of bacterial meningitis are pneumococcal meningitis‚ which is caused by Streptococcus pneumonia‚ meningococcal meningitis is caused by Neisseria meningitides‚ and Haemophilus meningitis is caused by Haemophilus influenza type b. There are two ways that bacteria pass to meninges through
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REVISION COMMON TYPES OF MICROBES 1 BACTERIA Difference between Gram Positive and Gram Negative Shapes of bacteria and examples What shapes have you learnt? GRAM STAIN: The process! You should work on your lab notes. LECTURE 2 GRAM STAIN Developed by a Danish called Christian Gram in 1884 Stain a heat-fixed smear with a dye like crystal violet and fix with Iodine Then wash with ethanol or acetone Finally counterstain with a dye of different colour such as safranin (what is its colour
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In this day and time there are many avenues to venture down when you are searching for a career to settle in and be happy about the decision you made years down the line. A career that will help you to rise early in the morning‚ and sometimes return late at night. A desire to want to continue‚ even on those days when bad doesn’t even paint the picture of the grief and sleepy eyes felt. But‚ you keep going. To me that is a purpose driven career. My purpose driven Career is to continue my education
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Diabetes Health Campaign HCS/535 Diabetes Health Campaign The United States has become known as a fast food society so it is no wonder that the increase of incidences related to chronic diseases have increased. Most Americans spend their time working longer hours and spend less time working out. Healthy People 2020 identify health issues and create health objectives associated with health issues. Diabetes is also referred to as Diabetes Mellitus and has three types:
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First‚ vaccine- preventable diseases have not gone away. Secondly‚ contrary to belief. Vaccines are safe and effective. Thirdly‚ vaccine- preventable diseases are very expensive. The viruses and bacteria that cause illnesses and death‚ such as influenza still exist today and can be passed on to those around us who are not vaccinated. I know many people cite the myth that vaccines are as dangerous as the disease themselves. This is just not correct‚ vaccines are among the safest medical products
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rather drab subject of Community Dentistry which most of students hated well I found some interest on Public Dental Health services‚ recordings for case studies‚ Indices and Epidemiology. There I learnt that the delivery of health services and primary care was very difficult in a vast and diverse country as India. Epidemiology and diagnosis of diseases like AIDS‚ tobacco cessation program‚ Dental health education were interesting. I even made a project in my third year on oral manifestations of HIV
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Jafri et al. Population Health Metrics 2013‚ 11:17 http://www.pophealthmetrics.com/content/11/1/17 REVIEW Open Access Global epidemiology of invasive meningococcal disease Rabab Z Jafri1‚ Asad Ali1*‚ Nancy E Messonnier2‚ Carol Tevi-Benissan3‚ David Durrheim4‚5‚ Juhani Eskola6‚ Florence Fermon7‚ Keith P Klugman8‚9‚ Mary Ramsay10‚ Samba Sow11‚12‚ Shao Zhujun13‚ Zulfiqar A Bhutta1 and Jon Abramson14 Abstract Neisseria meningitidis is one of the leading causes of bacterial meningitis
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