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define epidemiology
what type of questions do epidemiologists ask
is every population equally likely to catch a disease, or equally likely to become very sick from a disease
case study: how we came to understand the cause of microcephaly in Brazil and what to do about it
main points
why is it important to keep public health statistics?
how can we try to prevent microcephaly caused by Zika?
why does it matter if the disease is infectious or not?
how do you tell if a disease is infectious or not?
can group B Strep cause meningitis?
(GBS)
how can GBS cause meningitis?
how can we effectively prevent transmission to infants?
define incidence
define prevalence
define rate
define morbidity
define case fatality rate
define morbidity
how are incidence, prevalence, morbidity and mortality similar and different?
define carriage / colonisation rate
define transmission rate
define distribution
what public health branches receive information on notifiable diseases?
"is this salmonella"
what do we do with data that goes to the public health branches?
draw a flowchart of the public health branches in NZ
When did Ignaz Semmelweis demonstrate that the incidence of puerperal fever could be reduced by washing hands with chlorinated solutions?
When and what did John Snow discover?
In what years did Louis Paster propose the germ theory of disease?
What years did Joseph Lister discover antiseptics?
When did Koch formulate his postulates
When did Alexander Fleming discover Penicillin?
what percent of mothers are asymptomatic
Describe the cell morphology of group b strep
