PRINCIPLES OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGY Course
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TABLE OF CONTENTS


1. INTRODUCTION DISEASE TRANSMISSSION AND EPIDEMIOLOGY 1-1 1-13
Exercises


2. PUBLIC HEALTH MICROBIOLOGY
Section I. Introduction 2-1 2-5
Section II. Bacteria 2-6 2-11
Section III. Virsus 2-12 2-15
Section IV. Fungi 2-16 2-20
Section V. Protozoa 2-21 2-23
Section VI. Helminths 2-24 2-28
Exercises


3. PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF MICROBIOLOGY
Section I. Microbiology of Water and Sewage 3-1 3-2
Section II. Disinfection and Sterilization 3-3 3-5
Section III. Packaing Micarobiological Specimens For Shipment 3-6 3-7
Exercises

LESSON OBJECTIVES

LESSON 1
Introduction to Disease Transmission and Epidemiology.

LESSON 1 OBJECTIVES
After completing this lesson, you should be able to:

1-1. Identify the links in the chain of disease transmission and select an appropriate means of breaking each link.

1-2. When given examples of common diseases and the accompanying factors, identify those elements that illustrate the principles of multiple causation and iceberg effect.

1-3. Select from a list of hypothetical situations those elements of data that have value from an epidemiologic viewpoint.

1-4. Identify the major uses of the epidemiology in preventive medicine.



LESSON 2
Public Health Microbiology.

LESSON 2 OBJECTIVES
After completing this lesson, you should be able to:

2-1. Identify the types of microorganisms that are important in public health.

2-2. Identify specific characteristics that enable the microbiologist to distinguish between various Microorganisms.

2-3. Identify helminthic parasites that are of public health importance.



LESSON 3
Practical Application of Microbiology.

LESSON OBJECTIVE
Upon completion of this lesson, you should be able to:

3-1. Identify those microorganisms that are important in water and sewage treatment.

3-2. Identify methods and materials used for disinfection and sterilization.

3-3. Identify proper procedures for packaging microbiological specimens for



One of the important landmarks in man's struggle to conquer disease was the invention of the microscope, generally attributed to Anton van Leeuwenhoek of Holland. Leeuwenhoek described the appearance of protozoa to the Royal Society of London in 1673. Thus, the world became aware of microbial life. Subsequently, Louis Pasteur, Lord Lister, Robert Koch, and others established the role of microorganisms as the causative agents of many diseases and developed techniques for determining the etiology (cause) and preventive measures for many previously uncontrolled diseases.

During the period 1893--1902, several important events occurred in military medicine that benefited not only the Army, but mankind in general. Under the direction of Army Surgeon General George Sternberg (also known as "The Father of American Bacteriology"), Walter Reed, William Gorgas, and other medical officers made dramatic progress in the etiology and control of typhoid fever, malaria, and yellow fever.