Tag: Epidemiology

Lassa Fever Epidemiology and Control
3rd Dec 2020
Introduction: Lassa Fever (LF) is a haemorrhagic virus endemic in Western Africa. Symptoms can range from no symptoms to deafness, abortion and haemorrhage....

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Epidemiology and Pathophysiology
24th Sep 2020
Introduction: Systemic Lupus Erythematous (SLE) is a complex chronic autoimmune disease that affects multiple organ systems. In SLE many autoantibodies are created causing multiple organ systems to be affected and resulting in the inflammatory responses evident in the clinical manifestation of the disease ...

Use of Epidemiology in Disease Control and Prevention
28th Aug 2020
Introduction: Epidemiology is used to research root causes of specific health occurrences in specific people, places, and during specific time frames. It is also used to find out what specifically caused the problem....

Epidemiology, Transmission, Pathogenesis and Treatment of Legionellosis
8th Jun 2020
Introduction: Legionella is a facultative, intracellular bacterium that causes legionellosis presenting as either Legionnaires’ disease or Pontiac fever (1). Epidemiology Although over 50 Legionella species have ...

Leptospirosis: Population Health Epidemiology and Statistical Principles
2nd Jun 2020
Introduction: Leptospirosis Leptospirosis is a disease associated with human contact with wild and domestic animal urine. A bacterium by the name of Leptospira causes this disease process. This paper is aimed to di...

Epidemiology: Parametes Affecting Influenza
25th May 2020
Introduction: Epidemiology Assignment Part 1 Influenza is an upper respiratory infection commonly known as the flu. It is caused by either influenza virus A or B and can cause “fever, headache, muscle pain, runn...

Epidemiology of Drug Misuse
12th May 2020
Introduction: This assignment is going to focus on drug misuse according to Goldberg(2018)’ being addicted is not only cocaine or other illegal drugs but it can be prescribed drugs like tramadol painkillers’ by...

Influenza: Epidemiology, Structure and Diagnostic Methods
30th Apr 2020
Introduction: Influenza continues to be a major public health concern despite significant advancement in vaccination and viral research. Influenza is a communicable viral disease that is known to affect the upper respiratory tract including lower and upper respiratory passages....

Epidemiology of Hoarding Disorder: a Case Study
12th Feb 2020
Introduction: The Impact and Management of Mental Health Comorbidity Mrs. Bennett is a 72-years-old female with history of Parkinson’s disease that has been well controlled with medication for the last five year...

Endemic, Epidemic and Pandemic
11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Question What is the difference between an Endemic, Epidemic and Pandemic? Answer Epidemiology is the collective term for the study of global causes, patterns and effects of health and disease conditi...

Impact of Global Epidemiology of Bacterial Infections
11th Feb 2020
Introduction: BABATUNDE OLUJIMI OLOGUNDE TOPIC: Discuss the impact of vaccination on the global epidemiology of bacterial infections. Bacterial infections are infections transmitted by pathogenic bacteria. Infec...

Population Health and Epidemiology of Clostridioides Difficile
11th Feb 2020
Introduction: The Population Health and Epidemiology of Clostridioides Difficile Clostridioides difficile also known as C. difficile or C. diff is a Gram-positive, anaerobic bacterium and is the most...

A Review of Epidemiology and Causation Concepts
11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Running head: A Review of Epidemiology and Causation Concepts The concept of causation in epidemiology has been a difficult enterprise to students and researchers seeking to master it b...

Streptococcus Pneumoniae: Biology, Epidemiology and Public Health Issues
11th Feb 2020
Introduction:       Pneumococcal Pneumonia Contents   Sections Topics Page No. Section 1...

Ochronosis Description, Epidemiology and Diagnosis
11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Abstract Ochronosis is typically a disease that would describe only a blackish-clue pigment that occurs in the skin. However, Ochronosis is also the hardening of the cartilages in the b...

Multiple Sclerosis (MS): Epidemiology, Genetics and Causes
11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Intro Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a neurological disease that affects the brain and spinal cord. This occurs because of damage to the outer layer of nerve called the myelin sheath. An aut...

The Burden of Diarrheal Disease Epidemiology
11th Feb 2020
Introduction: The passage of greater than or equal to three loose or liquid stools per day describes diarrhea. On a personalized context, it could be depicted as more frequent passage than is normal for an ind...

The Epidemiology Of Tuberculosis Health And Social Care Essay
11th Feb 2020
Introduction: The purpose of this paper is to inform and educate the reader of the mechanisms that make up the respiratory disease called tuberculosis. This paper addresses the history, the study of the disease, an...

Epidemiology Of Childhood Obesity Health And Social Care Essay
11th Feb 2020
Introduction: This brings me to the Epidemiology of Childhood Obesity. One of the Major health problems that plague the United States is Childhood obesity. Since the 1980 the amounts of children who have been consi...

Descriptive Epidemiology of Teen Suicide
11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Teen Suicide Having a loved one, friend, or even an acquaintance, that choose to take his or her life, is devastating and life altering for those left behind.  According to the Cent...

Epidemiology in relation to health promotion
11th Feb 2020
Introduction: This assignment will define epidemiology, list and describe some of its main aspects and assess the significance of those aspects for their effect on health promotion. The example of lung cancer will ...

Epidemiology Of Cholera John Snow Health Essay
11th Feb 2020
Introduction: It has been over a century and a half when John Snow undertook the study of the Cholera epidemic of 1854 in London. His work, which was published in the 1855 book On the Mode of Communication of Chole...

Epidemiology in Disease Control and Prevention
11th Feb 2020
Introduction: The purpose of this discussion post is to briefly review the concepts of epidemiology in disease control and prevention. I will also define and apply the ecoscoial epidemiology paradigm to obesity i...

Causation in Research and Epidemiological Study Designs
11th Feb 2020
Introduction: Concept of Causation and common Epidemiological study designs. Name: Confucius Aligo Allison Amba   Objective of this paper is to explain the concept of ‘Causation’ and explain of some c...

Epidemiological Report on Stomach Cancer & Tobacco Smoking
11th Feb 2020
Introduction: 1.0 BACKGROUND Cancer is among the leading causes of death in the world. In 2012, cancer was responsible for 8.2 million deaths and 14.1 million new cases were recorded, accounting for 65% of the dea...