Summary: Infectious Diseases And Vaccine Development
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Lecture 1 - Introduction
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What is meant with the good, the bad and the ugly when talking about microorganisms?
The good: part of the body, helps the body
The bad: pathogenic microorganisms, can cause infection
The ugly: pathogenic, cause severe disease -
What is meant with the serial interval?
The time from clinical period in patient 1 to patient 2. -
What is meant with an endemic disease?
A certain disease occurs at a baseline level in the population and without new introductions from outside. -
What is meant with a sporadic disease?
A disease with a low level and very irregular. -
What is meant with a cluster?
A sudden aggregation of cases in time and place ad with common characteristics. -
What are two types of epidemics?
Common source (either point source or intermittent) & propagated. -
What are the lessons learned from the plague?
- Quarantine
- Protective clothes
- Social distancing
- Isolation of the ill
- The role of city administrators (they needed to take the measures)
- Quarantine
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What are measures regarding source & transmission?
- Isolation
- Treatment
- Social distancing
- Isolation
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What are measures regarding contacts?
- Screening
- Immunization
- Chemoprophylaxis
- Follow up, quarantine
- Screening
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Lecture 2 - Basic immunology
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What did Elias Metchnikffs discover? And what was this the basis for?
Phagocytic cells, this was the basis for innate immunity.
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