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