Epidemiology Flashcards
What are the most common illness in middle East / North Africa?
HA P. Falciparum Brucellosis Enteric fever - typhoid Dengue Qfever
Most common illness in south-central Asia?
Enteric fever - fever Dengue P. Vivax Chikungunya Extrapulmonary TB
What are the common illness in Northeast Asia?
Dengue Nonpulmonary TB HE HA Enteric fever Rickettsia fever, SFG
What illness is common for Southeast Asia?
Dengue P. Falciparum P. Vivax Chikungunya Enteric fever Leptospirosis
What ate the most common illness in sub-saharan Africa?
P. Falciparum Rickettsia, SFG Dengue P. Vivax Enteric fever - typhoid
Name rare skin diseases among travellers to game parks in Africa?
- Myiasis: fly larvae penetrates skin and cause a boil-like lesion with a central hole
Where: africa, central america, south america, caribean
Prevention: ins. Pre, iron cloths that was left to dry outdoors
- Tungiasis: direct penetration of sand fleas, painful nodules (foot adjacent to toenails).
Epi: africa. South america, mexico, west indees
Prevention: wearing close-toed footware
Travelers with the highest relative risk of malaria are thise going to?
West Africa & oceania
Malaria grows in what type of environment? What elevation?
Humide, climate & rainfall
Malria can not grow in Tempature below 20•c
What is a cohort study?
Measure a group over time
What is a double-blinded study?
Info about test not known to subject or tester
What is a case control study?
Group with disorder compared to group without
What is a cross-sectional study?
Prevalence stud, data collected at a specific time
Test with high sensitivity & low specificity
+ test
True positive rate
Pt with disease
Test with low sensitivity & high specificity indicates?
True negative
Pt without a disease have neg test
