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Decks in this class (46)

L1.1 introduction to health diseases
What are the three domains of pub...,
What is health protection,
What is epidemiology
34  cards
L1.2 Response on infectious disease control & outbreak
What is the uk health security ag...,
What is the multidisciplinary tea...,
What is a microbiological investi...
10  cards
introduction to bacteria
What is the estimated bacteria in...,
How can we describe bacteria,
What are the two categories of ce...
24  cards
mechanisms of bacterial virulence
What is a pathogen,
What is pathogenicity,
What is virulence
31  cards
Gram negative and Gram positive bacteria
What are the two major groups of ...,
What are aerobic bacilli,
What is the habitat of aerobic ba...
10  cards
Chlamydia trachomatis
What gram is chlamydia trachomatis,
What are biovars,
How many biovars can c trachomati...
12  cards
TEL 1.2 bacteria of key public health importance
What months do epidemiological ye...,
What is the natural history,
What is the incubation period
7  cards
Neisseria meningitidis
What gram is neisseria meningidis,
What disease does neisseria menin...,
What is meningitis
13  cards
analytical studies and key statistical concepts
What design are epidemiological s...,
Why do we do epidemiological studies,
What is descriptive epidemiology
24  cards
Clostridioides difficile
What gram is clostridioides diffi...,
What is the reservoir,
Does it form spores
10  cards
staphylococcus aureus
Is staphylococcus aureus hospital...,
What is a nosocomial infection,
What are hospital acquired infect...
14  cards
L. pneumophila
What disease does l pneumophila c...,
How is l pneumophiia spread,
What is the natural history
9  cards
acinetobacter bacterium
Is this bacteria hospital acquired,
What gram is acinetobacter,
Does acinetobacter produce toxins
10  cards
L2.2 immune system and disease
What is a disease,
What is inflammation,
What causes infection
23  cards
Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia Coli
What gram is stec,
What is the reservoir,
What is the mode of transmission
11  cards
bacterial structures
What are endospores,
What are fibrae and pilli,
What are genomes
12  cards
principles of pandemics
What causes changes in influenza,
Is the bubonic plague a zoonotic ...,
How is quarantine determined
11  cards
zoonosis
What are zoonoses,
Why are zoonoses important,
Why are zoonoses increasing
3  cards
L1.7 outbreak investigation
What are the steps of an outbreak...,
What are trawling questionnaires,
What is descriptive epidemiology
12  cards
surveillance of infectious diseases
What is surveillance,
What is public health surveillance,
Why do we need surveillance
17  cards
cell biology of viruses
What is a virion,
What is the function of the capso...,
What classification scheme do we ...
21  cards
tuberculosis
What was tubuculosis known as in ...,
Where are the highest rates of tb,
What are the risk factors
24  cards
L4.1 infectious disease modelling
When do we used decision trees,
When do we use markov s model,
What are externalities
15  cards
L4.5 infection control in the workplace
What are host factors,
What are environmental factors,
What is the agent factor
12  cards
coronaviruses
What is included in the ecologica...,
What is encompassed in the micros...,
What is encompassed in the mesosy...
8  cards
vaccines
What was the first vaccine developed,
What are vaccines,
What are prophylactics
19  cards
long covid
What is the definition of long covid,
What people are at higher risk of...
2  cards
face coverings
What is mass masking,
What is psychological reactance,
What is hegemonic masculinity
6  cards
vaccines a public health perspective
How many deaths does immunisation...,
What is included in the 3c s model,
What is complacency
13  cards
Neglected tropical diseases
What does neglected mean,
How may neglected tropical diseas...,
How many neglected tropical disea...
16  cards
Schistosomiasis (bilharzia)
What is the definitive host,
How are humans infected,
What is the immediate host
5  cards
Dracunuliasis / guinea worm disease
Transmission,
What does it present as,
What are the symptoms
7  cards
drugs from the past
What did the pacific yew tree pro...,
What is the soybean plant used in...,
What is sweet wormwood plant used...
5  cards
African sleeping sickness
What is the transmission,
What is the parasite called in af...,
How is african sleeping sickness ...
22  cards
microbial bitechnology
Places we should look to mine for...,
How can we extract compounds,
What is crispr cas9
8  cards
Leishmania
What is symbiosis,
What mutualism,
What is commensalism
33  cards
plasmodium and malaria
What is malaria is characterised by,
What are the two types of malaria,
What are the symptoms of uncompli...
29  cards
biosafety of clinical research
What is woolsorters disease now k...,
What was the cause of laboratory ...,
What lead to the formation of the...
19  cards
GI infections
What are the methods of transmiss...,
What are primary prevention metho...,
How to reduce gi infections at home
37  cards
conducting fieldwork
What is field work,
What are healtth emergencies
2  cards
STI
What is the most common sti in th...,
What still can be transmitted ver...,
What can chlamydia cause
15  cards
antimicrobial resistance 1 & 2
Anti microbals encompass what,
Antimicrobials can target,
How can do antimicrobials stop vi...
24  cards
ebola
What are the four types of haemor...,
What is the role of the ccdc cons...,
What is the main purpose of notif...
16  cards
covid-19
How do lateral flows work,
How does qpcr work,
What antibody does an antibody te...
7  cards
Random Stuff That I Forgot Lol
What infections does hiv cause
1  cards
exercise and sleep
0  cards

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