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Principles of Disease and Epidemiology
Principles of Disease and Epidemiology
Principles of Disease and Epidemiology
4. Disease transmission
functioning normally
the host.
microbes.
❑ Producing acids
❑ Producing bacteriocins
illness.
◼ Make the body more susceptible to disease
◼ Secondary infection: Opportunistic infection after
❑ Short urethra in females
a primary
❑ Fatigue
❑ Age
❑ Lifestyle
❑ Chemotherapy
RESERVOIRS OF INFECTION
◼ Contact
mosquitoes.
INFECTIONS
stay.
EPIDEMIOLOGY:
diseases occur
❑ Coccidioidomycosis
❑ Lyme disease