PUBHLTH 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 45: Public Health, Yellow Fever, Typhoid Fever
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Use of data may involve removal of identifying information on individuals. Use of data requires institutional review boards or data protection committees. Vital statistics are the most accurate and complete data collected on the american population , and yet there are still many errors in the information submitted. Visit the web site of the u. s. census bureau (www. census. gov) The conquest of infectious diseases infectious diseases major killers in past (until beginning of the 20th century. These infectious diseases were largely conquered through: Public health measures, purification of water, proper disposal of sewage, pasteurization of milk, immunization, improved nutrition, personal hygiene. 1960-1970: public health seemed to be boring and become routine. Active and passive immunization infectious diseases were conquered . By shape and their propensity to be stained by various dyes. 1. organism must be present in every case of the disease. 2. the organism must be isolated and grown in the lab.
