Public health Flashcards on Control of communicable diseases, created by Ashutosh Kumar on 27/03/2017.
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Created by Ashutosh Kumar
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Created by Ashutosh Kumar
over 7 years ago
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Definition of a communicable disease:
Degrees of disease control and examples:
Epidemiological triangle:
Apices:
Linkages:
Epidemiological concepts:
Incubation period:
Generation time (serial interval):
Epidemic curve:
Terms:
Reproduction number (R):
Basic reproduction number (Ro):
What determines (Ro):
Spread of infection likelihood based on (Ro):
Effect of immunization:
Herd immunity:
Why be concerned:
