EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES: ETHICAL MATTERS
Ethics are the principles of right and wrong that are acceptable to a group of people or an individual. It is a system of standards […]
Epidemiology
ECOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF REMOTE SENSING AND GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM
Remote sensing is defined as the scientific and computerized technique of gathering images (or data) of the earth’s surface from the space (satellites) and transforming […]
CHARACTERISTICS OF DISEASE-CAUSING MICROORGANISMS
Pathogens (disease-causing agents) cannot produce an infection which can eventually result to a detectable clinical disease with noticeable signs and symptoms except the infectious agent […]
THE FACTORS AND SEQUENCE OF DISEASE DEVELOPMENT IN HUMAN POPULATION
The sequence of development of disease in a defined human population/community is usually characterized by a number of factors and these include: CLICK HERE TO […]
Natural History and Spectrum of Disease
Natural history of disease refers to the progression of a disease process in an individual over time, in the absence of treatment. For example, untreated […]
Epidemic Disease Occurrence
Level of disease The amount of a particular disease that is usually present in a community is referred to as the baseline or endemic level […]
Core Epidemiologic Functions
In the mid-1980s, five major tasks of epidemiology in public health practice were identified. These major tasks of epidemiology in public health practice include: Public […]
COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
Communicable (infectious) diseases are diseases that are contagious. That is, they are infections or diseases that can be transferred or passed on from one person […]
NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS
Nosocomial infections are defined as hospital-acquired infections (i.e., infections or diseases acquired by patients few hours after hospitalization). They can also be referred to as […]
Concepts of Disease Occurrence in human population
A critical premise of epidemiology is that disease and other health events do not occur randomly in a population, but are more likely to occur […]