epidemiology

Question 1

what causes a big spike in infections

Answer 1

a common host

Question 2

types of transmisison

Answer 2

host to host
inderect host to host

Question 3

which diseases are the easist to eliminate

Answer 3

ones which spend there entire lifecycle in just one host

Question 4

*what was the causity agaent in the move

Answer 4

the deermouse

Question 5

what are some factors which influence the emergense of a new pathogen

Answer 5

Human population shifts – one of the biggest reasons for a new virus or pathogen emergence

Tech– lack of exposrue over contorl such as over use of antibiotics
enconimic development and land use

Question 6

*what is the walkerton outbreak

Answer 6

due to flooding in the area it was found that there was a mass outbreak of both tennis and boch due to the turing up of sediment and rock which conatied these bacteria

Question 7

which type of bacteria is the most reisstance to dry conditions

Answer 7

Gram positive due to there thick peptinogylacn wall (staph is a example of a resistant gram postive found on the surface of the skin and in the nose)

Question 8

what is the hardest type of pathogen to contol

Answer 8

one which does not care for the host and is able to live freely w out `

Question 9

intoxication vs infection

Answer 9

intox– injesting posion made by the bacteria
infection– need to injest the whole bacteria as it needs to grow inside and develop