UWL global impact of infectious disease final study guide| complete questions with correct answers| Latest
UWL global impact of infectious disease final study guide| complete questions with correct answers| Latest definition of emerging diseases with examples new, re-emerging or drug resistant infections whose incidence in humans has recently increased (examples: tuberculosis, measles) definition of zoonotic infections with examples diseases of animals that may be transmitted to humans (examples: rabies, plague, lyme disease, west nile) factors in ID emergence human demographics, societal changes, day care, blood transfusions, human susceptibility, breakdown in public health, war and famine, international travel, economic development, poverty and social inequality, bioterrorism Lyme disease ID emergence case study habitat change of deer to the east coast led to increase in lyme disease Monkeypox ID emergence case study international commerce led to increased contact with exotic animals Ebola ID emergence case study in West Africa How is Lyme disease transmitted? tick bites How is Monkeypox transmitted? contact with rats, prairie dogs, infected humans How is Ebola transmitted? contact with body fluids of infected animals or patients How/When/Where did Lyme disease emerge?
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