CONTROL OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES IN MAN

Diseases of Animals Communicable to Man *

IN this paper I propose to deal with some of the diseases of animals which are communicable to man, to discuss some of the analogies and differences shown in these diseases, and the way in which they affect the different species. A study of the different ways in which a disease affects man with his highly developed thinking powers, and the various species of animals which have no thought for th...

Communicable Diseases and Outbreak Control

Infectious disease during an emergency condition can raise the death rate 60 times in comparison to other causes including trauma. An epidemic, or outbreak, can occur when several aspects of the agent (pathogen), population (hosts), and the environment create an ideal situation for spread. Overcrowding, poor regional design and hygiene due to poverty, dirty drinking water, rapid climate changes...

The Control of Communicable Diseases (Harvey & Blythe)

[Prevention and control of communicable diseases].

How much control of communicable diseases?

The American Society of Tropical Medicine was established in Philadelphia, March 9, 1903 by a small group of well known clinicians who were members of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Of the 28 who signed the Charter, nine were members of the Jefferson Medical College Faculty. At the first public meeting, James Carroll, +Surgeon, U. S. Army, addressed the Society on the subject “The...