Epidemic to Endemic or Pandemic Infectious Diseases: Commonalities and Distinctions between Malaria, Ebola and COVID19
UMass Chan Affiliations
Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Department of MedicineDocument Type
PresentationPublication Date
2020-04-02Keywords
COVID-19Coronavirus
pandemic
diagnostics
Ebola
malaria
epidemic
endemic
Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment
Family MedicineImmunology and Infectious DiseaseInfectious DiseaseMedical EducationPublic HealthVirus DiseasesViruses
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This presentation provides an overview of epidemics by discussing malaria, Ebola and COVID-19: definition of terms; examples of diseases, transmission and health impact; diagnostics versus presumptive diagnosis –how to make strategic decisions with limited resources and specific context; how strategies are modified by what we learn -- how fast can we adapt; control, elimination, eradication -- modeling the end game.DOI
10.13028/s3k9-yh32Permanent Link to this Item
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/36317Notes
Presented at the online PEER Liberia COVID-19 Seminar on April 2, 2020.