Communicable Diseases Essay
Select and describe one of the major public health communicable diseases such as (but not limited to): diarrheal disease, tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, measles, Lyme disease, hookworm, polio, flu, cholera, hepatitis. Discuss the following categories in regard to the disease that you have selected:
• History
• Date of the first identification
• Incidence
• Pathogenesis
• Clinical Manifestations
• Complications
• Etiology
• Epidemiology
• Diagnostics Tests
• Treatment
• Is there a vaccine for this disease? Why or why not?
• Prevention and control measures be sure to focus on vaccinations if it is applicable to your disease of choice.
• Public health significance