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An epidemic is the rapid spread of disease to a large number of people in a given population within a short period of time.
An epidemic is the rapid spread of disease to a large number of people in a given population within a short period of time.
See lessDroplet transmission is an infection spread through exposure to virus-containing respiratory droplets (i.e., larger and smaller droplets and particles) exhaled by an infectious person. Transmission is most likely to occur when someone is close to the infectious person, generally within about 6 feet.
Droplet transmission is an infection spread through exposure to virus-containing respiratory droplets (i.e., larger and smaller droplets and particles) exhaled by an infectious person. Transmission is most likely to occur when someone is close to the infectious person, generally within about 6 feet.
See lessThe period between exposure to an infection and the appearance of the first symptoms.
The period between exposure to an infection and the appearance of the first symptoms.
See lessEpidemiology: 1. Focus on the group (community population). 2. Use quantitative tools for community diagnosis. 3. Take into account all factors which cause diseases. 4. Can form assumptions and hypotheses. 5. Help in public health policy formulation. 6. Quantitative and qualitative science. 7. Can iRead more
Epidemiology:
1. Focus on the group (community population).
2. Use quantitative tools for community diagnosis.
3. Take into account all factors which cause diseases.
4. Can form assumptions and hypotheses.
5. Help in public health policy formulation.
6. Quantitative and qualitative science.
7. Can identify the souse or source of the outbreak.
8. Basic prevention: Primary.
9. Observation.
Clinical Medicine:
1. Focus on an individual (hospital, clinic, etc).
2. Use lab tools for individual diagnosis.
3. Does not take other factors into account.
4. Dose not form an assumption.
5. Can form treatment individual diagram.
6. Not a qualitative science.
7. Can evolute methods.
8. Basic prevention: Secondary and tertiary.
9. Experimental.
A pandemic is an epidemic of an infectious disease that has spread across a large region, for instance, multiple continents or worldwide, affecting a substantial number of people. A widespread endemic disease with a stable number of infected people is not a pandemic.
A pandemic is an epidemic of an infectious disease that has spread across a large region, for instance, multiple continents or worldwide, affecting a substantial number of people. A widespread endemic disease with a stable number of infected people is not a pandemic.
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