Disease and Epidemiology (Microbiology)

Recall cards on the epidemiology of infectious disease. The language of epidemiologists: etiology, morbidity and mortality rates, prevalence versus incidence, sporadic, endemic, epidemic, and pandemic disease, and notifiable diseases tracked through the NNDSS and reported in the MMWR. Tracking infectious disease: the pioneers (Snow, Nightingale, Lister), common source versus propagated spread, and descriptive, analytical, retrospective, and prospective study designs. Modes of transmission: reservoirs and carriers, direct and indirect contact, droplet, airborne, vehicle, and vector spread, and healthcare-associated infections. And global public health: the role of the WHO, the eradication of smallpox, and emerging and reemerging infectious diseases.