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List of infectious diseases from A-Z

Amebiasis

Anaplasmosis

Anthrax

Babesiosis

Botulism

Brucellosis

Burkholderia mallei (Glanders)

Burkholderia pseudomallei

(Melioidosis)

Campylobacteriosis    (Campylobacter)

Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae    (CRE)

Chancroid

Chlamydia

Ciguatera

Clostridium Difficile Infection

Clostridium Perfringens    (Epsilon Toxin)

Coccidioidomycosis fungal infection (Valley fever)

Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease  , transmissible spongioform    (CJD)

Cryptosporidiosis    (Crypto)

Cyclosporiasis

Dengue  , 1,2,3,4    (Dengue Fever)

Diphtheria

E. Coli infection    (E.Coli)

Eastern Equine Encephalitis     (EEE)

Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever     (Ebola)

Ehrlichiosis

Encephalitis  , Arboviral or parainfectious

Enterovirus Infection   , Non-Polio    (Non-Polio Enterovirus)

Enterovirus Infection   , D68    (EV-D68)

Giardiasis    (Giardia)

Gonococcal Infection     (Gonorrhea)

Granuloma inguinale

Haemophilus Influenza disease  , Type B    (Hib or H-flu)

Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome    (HPS)

Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome    (HUS)

Hepatitis A     (Hep A)

Hepatitis B     (Hep B)

Hepatitis C     (Hep C)

Hepatitis D    (Hep D)

Hepatitis E    (Hep E)

Herpes

Herpes Zoster  , zoster VZV    (Shingles)

Histoplasmosis infection    (Histoplasmosis)

Human Immunodeficiency Virus/AIDS    (HIV/AIDS)

Human Papillomarivus    (HPV)

Influenza    (Flu)

Lead Poisoning

Legionellosis    (Legionnaires Disease)

Leprosy    (Hansens Disease)

Leptospirosis

Listeriosis    (Listeria)

Lyme Disease

Lymphogranuloma venereum infection     (LVG)

Malaria

Measles  Q's

Meningitis  , Viral    (Meningitis, viral)

Meningococcal Disease   , Bacterial    (Meningitis, bacterial)

Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus     (MERS-CoV)

Mumps

Norovirus

Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning    (Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning, Ciguatera)

Pediculosis     (Lice, Head and Body Lice)

Pelvic Inflammatory Disease     (PID)

Pertussis

Plague; Bubonic, Septicemic, Pneumonic    (Plague)

Pneumococcal Disease

Poliomyelitis    (Polio)

Psittacosis

Pthiriasis     (Crabs; Pubic Lice Infestation)

Pustular Rash diseases    (Small pox, monkeypox, cowpox)

Q-Fever

Rabies

Ricin Poisoning

Rickettsiosis     (Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever) ata

Rubella  , Including congenital    (German Measles)

Salmonellosis gastroenteritis     (Salmonella)

Scabies Infestation    (Scabies)

Scombroid

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome    (SARS)

Shigellosis gastroenteritis    (Shigella)

Smallpox

Staphyloccal Infection   , Methicillin-resistant    (MRSA)

Staphylococcal Food Poisoning  , Enterotoxin - B Poisoning    (Staph Food Poisoning)

Staphylococcal Infection  , Vancomycin Intermediate    (VISA)

Staphylococcal Infection  , Vancomycin Resistant    (VRSA)

Streptococcal Disease   , Group A (invasive)    (Strep A)

Streptococcal Disease  , Group B    (Strep-B)

Streptococcal Toxic-Shock Syndrome  , STSS, Toxic Shock    (STSS, TSS)

Syphilis   , primary, secondary, early latent, late latent, congenital

Tetanus Infection  , tetani    (Lock Jaw)

Trichonosis Infection    (Trichinosis)

Tuberculosis     (TB)

Tuberculosis (Latent)     (LTBI)

Tularemia    (Rabbit fever)

Typhoid Fever  , Group D

Typhus

Vaginosis   , bacterial    (Yeast Infection)

Varicella     (Chickenpox)

Vibrio cholerae    (Cholera)

Vibriosis    (Vibrio)

Vibriosis    (Vibrio)

Viral Hemorrhagic Fever    (Ebola, Lassa, Marburg)

West Nile Virus

Yellow Fever

Yersenia  (Yersinia)
http://www.health.ri.gov/diseases/infectious/

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Describe the concept of ‘carrier’ in infectious disease

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A person or animal that harbors a specific infectious agent without discernible clinical disease and serves as a potential source of infection. The carrier state may exist in an individual with an infection that is inapparent throughout its course (commonly known as healthy or asymptomatic carrier), or during the incubation period, convalescence and postconvalescence of an individual with a clinically recognizable disease (commonly known as an incubatory or convalescent carrier). Under either circumstance the carrier state may be of short or long duration (temporary or transient carrier, or chronic carrier).

http://www.ph.ucla.edu/epi/bioter/anthapha_def_a.html

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 Discuss public health ethics and social justice as it relates to infectious disease transmission

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 Discuss public health ethics and social justice as it relates to infectious disease transmission

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Producing benefits, often but not exclusively health  benefits, and often interpreted in health policy as a utilitarian commitment to  maximizing aggregate health benefits

Preventing harms, often health harms, such as preventable  morbidity and premature death

Distributing health benefits fairly, or distributive justice  (fair distribution of social goods)

Procedural justice (fair process), participation, and  transparency

Respecting individual autonomy and liberty of action

Respecting and fulfilling universal human rights

Respecting privacy and confidentiality

Protecting non-dominant subgroups from marginalization and  stigmatization

Building and maintaining trust

https://depts.washington.edu/bioethx/topics/public.html

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What is the role of epidemiology in infectious disease?

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What is the role of epidemiology in infectious disease?

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The aim of the Infectious Disease track is to build upon the core epidemiology curriculum to develop the requisite knowledge of the epidemiology, analytical and laboratory methodology, immunology and pathogen biology necessary to understand the interactions of infectious agents and their hosts, vectors, and environment.

http://www.jhsph.edu/departments/epidemiology/tracks/infectious-disease-epidemiology/

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Explain the different routes through which infectious disease can be transmitted?

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Explain the different routes through which infectious disease can be transmitted?

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One-to-one contact

-Direct: Direct physical contact (body surface to body surface) between infected or colonized individuals and susceptible hosts.

Examples:

Shaking hands; kissing; coitus; transmission

Common cold; sexually transmitted diseases; infections

Precautions: Hand hygiene; masks; condoms

-Indirect: Infectious agent deposited onto an object or surgery (fomite) and survives long enough to transfer to another person who subsequently touches the object.

Examples of transmission: Not washing your hands between patients; or contaminated instruments

Examples of infections: RSV; Norwalk; Rhinovirus; even influenza

Precautions: Sterilizing instruments; disinfect surfaces and toys in school

-Droplet: Is transmission through air. Droplets are relatively large and projected up to about one meter.

Example of transmission: Coughing; sneezing; or (in healthcare) during suctioning

Examples of infections: Menigococcus; pertussis; influenza; respiratory viruses.

Precautions: Masks; cover mouth; move school desks more than a meter apart; side-step all coughers!

Non-contact

-Airborne: Transmission through aerosols (airborne particles) that may contain organisms in droplet nuclei or in dusts. It can be spread through ventilation systems I hospitals, or doctor's offices.

Ex of infections: TB; Varicella; measles; smallpox; chickenpox (and maybe influenza).

Precautions: Masks; negative pressure rooms in hospitals.

-Vehicle: A single contaminated source spreads the infection (or poison) to multiple hosts. This can be a common source or a point source.

Ex of transmission: Point source: foodborne outbreak from an infected batch of food; most cases will typically cluster around the site (like a restaraunt
http://www.med.uottawa.ca/sim/data/Infection_spread_e.htm

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What are some examples of harmless, beneficial, and pathogenic microorganisms?

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What are some examples of harmless, beneficial, and pathogenic microorganisms?

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Microbes: Are vital to the environment because they play a role in Earth's element cycles like the carbon and nitrogen cycles. Microorganisms are helpful to the environment because they involve the production of oxygen, biomass control, and 'cleaning' the Earth of remnants of dead organisms.

Also, some microbes also lead a symbiotic type of lifestyle in most multicellular organisms. There's a community of beneficial microoraganims living in human intestines is called microflora.

Microorganisms are capable of producing many enzymes necessary for the building up and breaking down of organic compounds, bacteria are widely 'employed' by humans.

Bioremediation: is the use of living organisms for cleaning up oil spills and soil and water pollutants. Sewage treatment techniques are based on biofiltration of some toxic organic material by converting it into something that can be safely discharged into the environment. Bacteria that break down environmental pollutants are sometimes called biofilters.

Pharmaceutical: Microbes used for medicinal production. One of the most important groups of medicines, antibiotics, is produced by fungi and bacteria. The name antibiotics means 'against life'. It is appropriate, because they attack bacteria and other unicellular organisms that are pathogenic for humans. Most antibiotics used today were found originally in fungi. Fungi are saprophytes, meaning that they get their nourishment from dead animals or plant matter.

Science: Bacteria can multiply and mutate easily, some of them are commonly used for scientific research in genetics and molecular biology. Bacteria and viruses also make good 'vehicles' for engineered genes that are inserted into the recipient's DNA.

http://www.skwirk.com/p-c_s-4_u-92_t-212_c-710/beneficial-microorganisms/nsw/beneficial-microorganisms/small-world-microbiology-/microorganisms-and-the-human-body

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- Infectious disease are transmitted through the direct transfer of bacteria, viruses or other germs from one person to another. This can happen when an individual that has the bacteria or virus touches, coughs on or kisses someone who isn't infected.