Question

The disease is Lyme Disease

In 4 to 5 paragraphs, answer the questions below, which mirror the critical elements for Section IV of the final project. They will help you complete this section of your final project.

IV. Risk: In this section, you will identify the population at risk, discuss incidence and prevalence, interpret data, and discuss treatment options that exist for the communicable disease.

1. Have you identified the population that is at risk of developing or contracting the disease, explaining why that specific population is at risk?
2. Have you determined the current incidence and prevalence of the disease in the at-risk population, and have you supported your determination with current research?
3. Have you selected a graph that accurately displays the national incidence of the disease over time? Have you chosen a graph that includes at least five years of data?
4. Have you described the direction of the trend on the graph, explaining why the trend looks the way it does? Have you supported your explanation with current research?

Answer 1

Que: In this section, you will identify the population at risk, discuss incidence and prevalence, interpret data, and discuss treatment options that exist for the communicable disease.

Incidence refers to the occurrence of new cases of disease or injury in a population over a specified period.

Two types of incidence-

1. Incidence proportion /attack rate
2. Incidence rate

Incidence proportion

Incidence proportion is the proportion of an initially disease-free population that develops a disease, becomes injured, or dies during a specified (usually limited) period.

Incidence proportion=Number of new cases of disease or injury during the specified period /Size of the population at the start of the period.

Incidence rate

The incidence rate is the ratio of the number of cases to the total time the population is at risk of disease.

Incidence rate=Number of new cases of disease or injury during a specified period /Time each person was observed, totaled for all persons

Prevalence is the proportion of persons in a population who have a particular disease or attribute at a specified point in time or over a specified period. It includes both new cases and preexisting cases.

Two types:

Point prevalence refers to the prevalence measured at a particular point in time.

Period prevalence refers to prevalence measured over an interval of time.

prevalence of disease=All new and pre-existing cases

during a given period /Population during the same period

× 10 n

Communicable diseases include HIV, hepatitis A, B and C, measles, salmonella, measles, and blood-borne illnesses, etc that spread from one person to another through fecal-oral, food, sexual intercourse, insect bites, contact with contaminated fomites, droplets, or skin contact.

Treatment options depend on which microorganism causes disease

• Bacterial diseases like typhoid, tuberculosis, Diptheria, leprosy are treated by antibiotics that kill bacteria.
• Viral diseases like measles, chickenpox, common cold, hepatitis A are treated by antiviral drugs, supportive therapy, rest and increased fluid intake. Hepatitis A is prevented by vaccination.
• Fungal and parasitic infections like ringworm infection, roundworm infection treated by antiparasitic drugs, such as mebendazole and fungal infection by with antifungal medications, like fluconazole.

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