Essays on Epidemiology

D. A Henderson, a prominent epidemiologist, stated that “Dropping anatomic bomb could cause casualties in a specific area, but dropping smallpox could engulf the world.’ Epidemics are so powerful and could wipe out an entire population in a matter of months. In the 1300s, around…

The nature and number of people living in cities have been affected by infectious diseases. Over the course of history, illnesses have always been big epidemics. Many infectious diseases have played an important role in our lives, our economies, our culture and our daily lives….

With the invention of science and modern medical science technology the very term “Epidemics” has bagged its impact of from our society. Though it did spread it deadly effect in 1000 years ago. Our primitive society was in a state of heterogeneous obstacles. There was…

In the current study, PCR was employed on vaginal swab to diagnose Q fever as one of the routes of discharge of C. burnetii is the vaginal mucus. Infected ticks are playing a major part in the transmission of C. burnetii among livestock. Camels are…

John Snow studied the cholera outbreak in London in the mid-1840s. Snow had hypothesized that cholera was transmitted by water. He realized that deaths occurred around the pumps from the downstream company. He created a map of locations of deaths from cholera and saw the…

Environmental Epidemiology The key understanding between the epidemiologic triangle and Hill’s criteria of causality is indeed the fact that there is a correlation revealing a cause and effect mechanism of exposures and health outcomes within the environment of a population. Therefore, the epidemiologic triangle consists…

The Invisible Foe The United States has faced many epidemics within its life time. The first epidemic Americans faced was in 1633. When European settlers arrived at current day United States they not only brought new technology and religions, they also brought smallpox. Smallpox was…

The World Health Organization defines epidemiology as “the study of the distribution and determinants of health-related states or events (including disease), and the application of this study to the control of diseases and other health problems. Epidemiology is a huge field containing several sub-fields such…

Through research and evaluation of credible sources, this information can be used to help people suffering from abnormal psychological disorders such as schizophrenia. Diagnostic criteria, the history and background, epidemiology, etiology, and forms of treatment for schizophrenia have been discussed in brief detail. Most information…

The speaker says epidemiology is the science of how we know. Explain what he means. Epidemiology attempts to explain how we know something. We attempt to explain it by looking at facts, statistics and coming up with studies that can lead us to a better…