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John Snow

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Cholera and developed small pox vaccine

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Hippocrates

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first epidemiologist

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Black Death

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A deadly plague

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John Graunt

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Founded statistics

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James Lind

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Discovered a cure for scurvy, experimental approach

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Edward Jenner

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Smallpox vaccine

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Percival Pott

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Discovered a link between chimney sweeps and scrotal cancer

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WIlliam Farr

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Medical stats

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Robert Koch

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Microbiology

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Wade Hampton Frost

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First prof of epi

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Descriptive Epi

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Hypothesis generating

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Analytic Epi

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Hypothesis testing

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13
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Experimental Epi

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Clinical Trials

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14
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Epi triangle

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Host, Environment, Agent, Vector, Vehicle

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Agent

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Cause of disease

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Vector

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living thing

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Vehicle

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inanimate - water, door handle

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Endemic

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native or confined to a particular region or people

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Epidemic

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A widespread outbreak

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Pandemic

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Disease that occurs worldwide

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Direct Transmission

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Person to person

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Indirect Transmission

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Common source

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Mixed epidemics

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Common source outbreak and are then spread further through person-to-person contact

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Propagated Epidemics

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Transmitted from an infected person

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Common source epidemics

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From a specific source

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Incubation period

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Time between exposure and infection

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Index case

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First case

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Epidemic curve

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Disease over time

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Spillover

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Agent that normally infects animals is passed to humans

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Propagated

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Direct, person-to-person transmission of the virus

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