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: 1. Public health surveillance, 2. Field investigation, 3. Analytic studies, 4. Evaluation, and 5. Linkages. A sixth task is policy development, which was recently added as a major task of epidemiology […]
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Epidemiology
Malaria is an insect-transmitted parasitic disease characterized by recurrent episodes of fever and anaemia (loss of blood) in some cases caused by the Plasmodium species which is usually transmitted between mammals through the bite of the female Anopheles mosquito. It is a disease condition in human beings whereby there is an abnormally high body temperature
Parasitology is the study of parasites and their interaction with other organisms (i.e. their hosts). It is the study of parasites, their ecology, transmission and life cycle. The study of parasites is as ancient as mankind as man became conscious of his immediate environment. The field of Parasitology was fully established and widely appreciated in
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Public Health & Parasitic Diseases (Parasitology)
Public health is a branch of medical sciences that primarily deals with the surveillance, control, detection and prevention of the emergence and spread of infectious diseases in a defined human population. It involves the protection and improvement of the health of the general public. In clinical medicine, doctors and nurses practice their profession by looking
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Medical Microbiology, Public Health & Parasitic Diseases (Parasitology)
The word epidemiology was coined from three different Greek words: epi (upon or on), demos (population or people) and logos (study of). Epidemiology (which is the basic science of public health) therefore is defined as the field of medical science that studies the occurrence, distribution, and determinants of disease and health-related issues, and the application
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Epidemiology
Bacteriology is simply defined as the scientific study of bacteria. Pathogenic bacteriology thus, is the scientific study of bacteria that cause diseases in man. This unit which is one of the most important units of the clinical microbiology laboratory handles different types of patient’s specimens, with the sole aim of growing and isolating pathogenic bacteria
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Bacteriology