Running Head: Stage 01 – Disease Transmission
Stage 01 – Disease Transmission 6
Stage 01 – Disease Transmission
1. COVID-19
Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (2020) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).COVID -19 Stats….Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6946a6.htm
Incidence: The term indicates the emergence of fresh or new cases of the disease in a population over a certain or specified period of time. It is typically computed as a rate or proportion.
In the graph, the incidence of COVID 19 is given according to a weekly basis per 100,000 population form Jan to Oct 2021,Th graph also shows the comparative rate of incidence in different areas like large central metro, large fringe metro, medium and non-core areas having varying population density .The incidence initializes in late Jan but reaches peak in mid-April and again in Aug but with differences among different zones .
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Daily covid-19 outbreak summary dashboard. Daily COVID-19 outbreak summary dashboard - King County. (n.d.). Retrieved October 21, 2021, from https://kingcounty.gov/depts/health/covid-19/data/daily-summary.aspx.
Mortality: Mortality refers to the death rate in a particular disease at a particular time in a particular area .The graph shows the death rate in last 120 days form 7/1/21 to 10/1/21 .
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World Health Organization. (n.d.). Who coronavirus (COVID-19) dashboard. World Health Organization. Retrieved October 21, 2021, from https://covid19.who.int/.
Pandemic; An epidemic on global scale
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Summary of COVID-19 vaccination among residents - King County. (n.d.). Summary of covid-19 vaccination Summary for King County, WA . Retrieved October 21, 2021, from https://kingcounty.gov/depts/health/covid-19/data/vaccination.aspx.
e. chance of testing positive, being hospitalized, and dying of COVID-19 when unvaccinated compared to being vaccinated
[email protected], S. (2021, August 15). By the numbers: Vaccinated vs. unvaccinated. KPCNews. Retrieved October 22, 2021, from https://www.kpcnews.com/covid-19/article_f0e9bff4-a968-56b3-928d-734094459955.html.
The graph clearly points out to the comparative data between the unvaccinated and the vaccinated with reference to the number of cases (only 2.4%) to hospitalizations (only 1.4 % ) and deaths (1.3)% ) compared to very high statistics for the unvaccinated.
C. difficile
Centre of Disease Control and Prevention (n.d.) Clostridioides difficile infections in HAIC surveillance area .HIAC. Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/hai/pdfs/haicviz/HAICViz-cdiff-tracking-H.pdf.
The graph shows the incidence of C difficile infections in patients with C difficile positive still samples obtained within 3 days of hospital admission who hasn’t remained overnight in any health care facility for part 12 weeks and classified as health care associated case. The health care associated cases appear to maintain a steady level throughout the years with decline in 2017.
Influenza:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (n.d.). U.S. Virologic Surveillance. CDC Retrieved October 24, 2021, from https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/weeklyarchives2019-2020/Week12.htm. The graph shows the incidence of influenza as reported by CDC for 2019-2020The graph clearly shows a much higher incidence of H1N1 in comparison to H3N2.
Department of Health. (n.d.). Influenza & other respiratory viruses surveillance report ... FIGHT THE FLU LA. Retrieved October 24, 2021, from https://ldh.la.gov/assets/docs/SurveillanceReports/InfluenzaSurveillance/weekly2020-21/2049.pdf.
This graph clearly demonstrates the epidemic condition of Influenza in Louisiana State of USA showing the edemicity of influenza. Endemic refers to the outbreak of an infection restricted to a certain region .The graph shown endemic influenza at moderate intensity from 2016/17 to 2020/21 during Nov to Apl.
The word pandemic stands for an infection that is occurring on a global basis and not restricted to a particular region or country
SARS-CoV-2 is transmission
Reservoirs
SARS Covid -19 is a contagious infection and it spreads from one infected person to another my means of droplet or aerosol infections which upon entering the body of the uninfected person causes the disease. A reservoir can be defined as a natural carrier of the pathogen in a stable condition. The infection can be transmitted form reservoirs to human beings and in man, the condition can be asymptomatic or symptomatic. The former is an infected individual with potential...