Question

Creating an epidemiology report on the following five types of human illnesses:

Person-to-person bacterial diseases, Ch. 29

Person-to-person viral diseases, Ch. 29

Vector-borne diseases, Ch. 30

Water-borne diseases, Ch. 31

Food-borne diseases, Ch. 31 

For each of the five categories listed above, include answers to the following questions in a 200- to 300-word report. Your entire report should be between 1,000 to 1,500 words. The report should be in APA format with citations and references as needed.

Provide an example of a pathogen in the category.

Provide the genus and species of the pathogen, along with the name of the illness the pathogen causes in humans.

From an epidemiological perspective, why is this pathogen a human health threat?

Answer 1

Answer- pathogenic bacteria are bacteria that can cause disease . Although most bacteria are harmless or often beneficial ,some are pathogenic ,with the number of species estimated as fewer than a hundred that are seen to cause infectious disease in humans . By contrast ,several thousand species exist in the human digestive system . One of the bacterial diseases with the highest disease burden is tuberculosis bacteria , which kills about 2 million people a year , mostly in sub-saharan Africa . Pathogenic bacteria contribute to other globally important diseases such as pneumonia , which can be caused by bacteria such as streptococcus and pseudomonas , and food borne illnesses , which can be caused by bacteria such as shigella , campylobacter , and salmonella . Pathogenic bacteria also cause infections such as tetanus , typhoid fever , syphilis and leprosy. Pathogenic bacteria are also the cause of high infant mortality rates in developing countries .