Epidemics, Pandemics and How to Control Them

Synopsis

Some infections come in repeated epidemic waves, others are new to human populations. A known human threat such as influenza may mutate or a new infection jumps the species barrier from animals to humans: recent examples include HIV and Ebola, and the historical example of plague. What happens depends on the route of transmission. Methods for tackling an airborne disease like influenza are different from those for touch (Ebola), insect vector (Zika), water (cholera) or sexual transmission (HIV). This lecture is also available to download as audio file. [53 minutes]

Series

Infectious Diseases: The Oldest Enemy

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Year of production

2018-2019

Subjects

Medical sciences

Keywords

epidemiology; infection control; infectious diseases; public health

Online availability

URI

https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/epidemics-pandemics-control

Delivery

Streamed

Credits

Contributor

Chris Professor Whitty

Distributor

Name

Gresham College

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