Control and prevention

Question 1

Schistosomiasis

Answer 1

• Latrines
• Washing facilities
• Cover irrigation channels
• ‘Sink’ tanks for water.
• Sunlight irradiation of water.
• Molluscicides – (niclosamide)
• Mass treatment of communities

Vaccine?

Question 2

What is the case-fatality rate CFR?
and how it can be callculated?

Answer 2

percentage of cases that result in death.
CFR = number of cases who died due to the disease / total number of cases x100

Question 3

What are the 4 species of Ebola that can cause human disease ?

Answer 3

• Zaire(Majority cause of outbreak)
• Sudan
• Bundibugyo
• Tai Forest

Question 4

What is the reservoir of Ebola virus?

Answer 4

Bat fruit

Question 5

Ebola outbreak management?

Answer 5

• Community engagement
• Patient centred care
• Isolation of patients
• Hospital facilities( isolation, treatment)
• Case finding( active and passive)
• Protect healthcare workers - PPE
• Good hospital and lab practice
• Disinfectant
• Vaccination-rVSV-ZEBOV vaccine (ERVEBO®