Intro: Infectious Disease in 21st Century

Question 1

What is a reportable condition? What is a notifiable condition?

Answer 1

One where every case must be reported at the state level;

one in which data must be forwarded to the CDC

Question 2

How does the CDC publish its data?

Answer 2

MMWR (weekly) and annual reports

Question 3

Of the six infectious conditions in the US that he listed, arranged from highest to lowest incidence?

Answer 3

Common cold (25000/100000), gonorrhea, influenza, AIDS, pneumonia, measles (<1)

Question 4

What two increasing trends are seen among certain microoganisms?

Answer 4

Pertussis and Legionella

Question 5

List starting dates, region/country of origin, infectious organism, means of transfer/spread, and number of deaths/cases for the four pandemics he talks about?

Answer 5

SARS, 2003, China, coronavirus (through civet), animal –> human –> human, 800 deaths/8000 cases (worldwide);
swine flu, 2009, Hong Kong, triple-recombination between human and animal flu viruses, humans, 250,000 deaths worldwide;
MERS, 2013-2014, Saudi Arabia, coronavirus (camels, maybe bats?), animal –> human, 100 deaths worldwide
type 2 diabetes, ongoing, ____, no specific pathogens, 250/100000 new cases per year