Epidemiology HUG

What is epidemiology?

• Study of Diseases

• Study of Mapping

• Study of Populations

• Study of ethnicities

What is a pandemic?

• diseases caused by the bite of infected insects like mosquitoes, ticks, and sandflies, which act as carriers.

• a rapidly spreading disease in a specific area

• a rapidly spreading disease that has spread to several countries or continents

• an infectious disease that is transmitted between species from animals to humans (or from humans to animals)

What is an epidemic?

• diseases caused by the bite of infected insects like mosquitoes, ticks, and sandflies, which act as carriers.

• a rapidly spreading disease in a specific area

• a rapidly spreading disease that has spread to several countries or continents

• an infectious disease that is transmitted between species from animals to humans (or from humans to animals)

What is a zoonotic disease?

• diseases caused by the bite of infected insects like mosquitoes, ticks, and sandflies, which act as carriers.

• a rapidly spreading disease in a specific area

• a rapidly spreading disease that has spread to several countries or continents

• an infectious disease that is transmitted between species from animals to humans (or from humans to animals)

What is a vector disease?

• diseases caused by the bite of infected insects like mosquitoes, ticks, and sandflies, which act as carriers.

• a rapidly spreading disease in a specific area

• a rapidly spreading disease that has spread to several countries or continents

• an infectious disease that is transmitted between species from animals to humans (or from humans to animals)

This influenza pandemic followed World War I in 1918 in killed millions. Likely started in US but got its named from misunderstood news coverage

• Measles

• Smallpox

• Covid

• Spanish Flu

How does cholera spread?

• Dirty streets

• Overcrowding

• Contaminated water

• Poor living conditions

Closely related to SARS, this flu outbreak started in China in 2019 and spread around the world in 2020

• Avian Flu

• Swine Flu

• Covid

• Ebola

 A highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever, weakness, and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs; responsible for killing Native Americans.

• Smallpox

• Measles

• Mumps

• Chickenpox

This type of influenza virus (H1N1) spread from pigs and the first cases were reported in Mexico in 2009.

• Avian Flu

• Swine Flu

• SARS

• Ebola