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purpose of medicine is to prevent significant disease, to
decrease pain and to postpone death... Technology has
to support these goals-if not, it may even be
counterproductive.” Dr.
Joel J. Nobel
Infectious Disease
Definition: An infectious disease is a
clinically evident
disease of
humans or animals that damages or injures the host
so as to impair host function, and results from the presence
and activity of one or more pathogenic
microbial
agents,
including
viruses,
bacteria,
fungi,
protozoa,
multicellular
parasites,
and aberrant proteins known as
prions.
Transmission
of an infectious disease may occur through several pathways;
including through contact with infected individuals, by water,
food, airborne inhalation, or through
vector-borne
spread.
Source:
Wikipedia
Websites
HIV AIDS
Information A large set
of scientific dictionaries with important HIV
AIDS Information featuring terms, phrases and
acronyms related to AIDS, with a complete detail
of the disease and its symptoms.
Infectious Disease Society of America
Includes information about the
IDSA, a career center, newsroom, practice guidelines, and
journals and
publications.
Medline Plus Articles about infectious
disease and infectious disease links
Causes
"Person
to person. The
most common way for infectious disease to spread
is through the direct transfer of bacteria,
viruses or other germs from one person to another.
This can occur when an individual with the
bacterium or virus touches, coughs on or kisses
someone who isn't infected. These germs can also
spread through the exchange of body fluids from
sexual contact or a blood transfusion." Source:
VaccinePlace
Statistics
"Before the
chickenpox vaccine was introduced in 1995, there
were about 4 million cases of chickenpox. With
vaccination, the frequency of new cases has
decreased in all age groups, especially in
children ages one to four years.
Source:
George Washington University MFA
CDC Statistics from the
Center for Disease Control
Infectious Diseases
The following
statistics are the latest available from the
National Center for Health Statistics
Spread
"The most
common way for infectious disease to spread is
through the direct transfer of bacteria, viruses
or other germs from one person to another. This
can occur when an individual with the bacterium
or virus touches, coughs on or kisses someone
who isn't infected. These germs can also spread
through the exchange of body fluids from sexual
contact or a blood transfusion."
Source: CNN.com.
Pandemics A pandemic (from
Greek παν pan all + δήμος demos
people) is an
epidemic that spreads through human
populations across a large region (for example a
continent), or even worldwide. Source:
Wikipedia
Epidemics Experts argue
that preparations against avian flu have to
continue, even if the virus’s failure to mutate
into a pandemic strain has given the world more
...
Ethics & Pandemics Exploring
ethical issues that arise in influenza pandemic
planning and response, focusing on issues of
social justice.
Websites
Causes
Statistics
Spread
Pandemics