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Y3R7 - (Community) 🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒 > L6: General Epidemiology of Communicable Diseases (General Prevention of Vehicle Borne & Arthropod Borne Infections) > Flashcards

L6: General Epidemiology of Communicable Diseases (General Prevention of Vehicle Borne & Arthropod Borne Infections) Flashcards

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Vehicle-Borne Infection

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Infectious agent is carried from reservoir to susceptible host by inanimate intermediary.

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What are types of Vehices?

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  • Contaminated hands & fingers
  • Ingestion of contaminated food, water, milk, drink
  • injectable biologic products
  • Fomites
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Contaminated hands & fingers

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Hand-to-mouth infection

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contaminated food, water, milk, drink Get contaminated through …..

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  1. Handling of food by contaminated hands, flies & cockroaches
  2. Using of fresh human fertilizers for vegetables
  3. Contaminated dust, sewage.
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Infections of GIT are classically transmitted by this mode & include ……

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  • Typhoid, paratyphoid
  • Food poisoning, dysentery
  • Hepatitis-A, Cholera
  • Ascariasis - Amoebiasis.
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What are injectable biologic products?

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Blood, blood products, drugs, vaccines, diluents

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Examples of Bugs transmitted by injectable biologic products

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HIV, HBV, HCV, syphilis & malaria

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Fomites

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Inanimate objects of general use such as utensils, toys, tooth brushes handkerchiefs, bedding, or surgical instruments

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MOT of pathogens by Fomites

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Infectious agent may remain on surface of such fomites & may be transmitted to susceptible host usually when such objects are put into mouth or come in contact with conjunctiva

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General Preventive measures against Food-borne infections

(Health education)

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General Preventive measures against Food-borne infections

(Health education)

  • Environmental cleaning
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General Preventive measures against Food-borne infections

(Health education)

  • Practice good Personal hygiene
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General Preventive measures against Food-borne infections

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  • Take Food safety precautions
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General Preventive measures against Food-borne infections

(Health education)

  • Take Water safety precautions
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General Preventive measures against Food-borne infections

(Health education)

  • Injections
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General Preventive measures against Food-borne infections

(Environment Sanitation & SE development)

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  • General Preventive measures against Food-borne infections

(Legislation)

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What are vectors?

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Some insects of medical importance & diseases transmission include

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General Preventive measures for arthropod borne infections

  • Health education
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General Preventive measures for arthropod borne infections

  • Sanitary environment & SE. development
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General Preventive measures for arthropod borne infections

  • Legislation
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