Epidemiology of Communicable Diseases and Public Health Surveillance — High Specialty Treaty

Public Health and Epidemiology · Clinical Bases

How it begins

Un tratado exhaustivo y sistemático sobre la dinámica poblacional de patógenos, el modelado matemático de la infectividad, la arquitectura analítica de los sistemas de vigilancia global y los protocolos de respuesta rápida ante brotes y emergencias de bioseguridad internacional.

What it covers

1. Introduction and Principles of the Epidemiology of Communicable Diseases
2. The Ecological Triad and the Chain of Infection: Pathophysiology of the Pathogenic Encounter
3. · The dynamic interaction of three forces
4. · The Chain of Infection
5. Mathematical Modeling of Transmission: The Basal ($R_0$) and Effective ($R_e$) Reproduction Number
6. · The Basal Reproduction Number ($R_0$)
7. · The Effective Reproduction Number ($R_e$ or $R_t$)
8. Herd Immunity and Critical Vaccination Thresholds
9. · Collective Physiological and Immunological Foundation
10. · Calculation of Herd Immunity Threshold ($P_c$)
11. Pathophysiology of Tissue Invasion and Dynamics of Pathogen Load
12. · The Kinetics of the Viral/Bacterial Load and the Window of Infectivity
13. · Tissue tropism and immunopathogenesis
14. Taxonomy and Classification of Biological Agents of Clinical Interest
15. Transmission Mechanisms: Aerodynamic, Fomite and Vector Dynamics
16. · Transmission by Droplets versus Aerosols (Wells Dynamics)
17. · Vector Transmission: Biological vs. Mechanical
18. Infection Periods: Temporal Intervals and Their Importance in Control
19. · Definition and distinction of critical intervals
20. Space-Temporal Patterns: Dynamics of Outbreaks, Endemics, Epidemics and Pandemics
21. Public Health Surveillance: Historical Evolution and International Legal Frameworks
22. · Modern Definition and Conceptual Evolution
23. · Global Legal Frameworks: The International Health Regulations (IHR / IHR)
24. Types of Surveillance I: The Operational Spectrum of Passive and Active Surveillance
25. Types of Surveillance II: Sentinel, Syndromic Surveillance and Epidemiological Intelligence
26. · Sentinel Surveillance
27. · The wastewater-based epidemiology revolution
28. Attributes of Surveillance Systems: Evaluation of Methodological Quality
29. Case Definitions: Standardization of Operative Diagnostic Criteria
30. · The Hierarchical Classification of the Surveillance Event
31. Investigation of Epidemic Outbreaks: Systematic Steps of Field Epidemiology
32. · The CDC Field Response Protocol
33. Epidemic Curves: Interpretation of the Temporal Dynamics of Propagation
34. · Geometric Analysis of the Distribution of Cases
35. Genomic and Molecular Epidemiological Surveillance: The Phylodynamics of Transmission
36. · From Classical Epidemiology to Genomic Surveillance by Sequencing
37. · Lineage Monitoring and Immune Escape
38. Emerging and Reemerging Pathogens: The Determinants of Disruptive Zoonosis
39. · Definition and Classification of Threats
40. Global Syndemic: HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis: The Synergistic Immunopathological Interaction
41. · The Concept of Syndemic
42. · Integrated Surveillance Strategies
43. Severe Acute Respiratory Infections: Influenza and SARS-CoV-2 Sentinel Surveillance
44. · Integrated SARI and ILI Surveillance
45. Vector-Transmitted Diseases: Arboviruses, Malaria and Ecological Complexes
46. · Critical Arbovirosis: Dengue, Zika and Chikungunya
47. · The Ecology of Malaria
48. Enteric and Water Transmitted Diseases: Pathophysiology of Toxigenicity
49. · Cholera and the Dynamics of Drinking Water
50. · Typhoid Fever and the Healthy Carrier
51. Global Impact Zoonoses: One Health Dynamics in Rabies, Brucellosis and Leptospirosis
52. · The One Health Paradigm
53. Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPD) and the Eradication Paradox
54. · Measles as a Coverage Indicator
55. · The Paradox of Polio Eradication
56. Health Care Associated Infections (HAI) and Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)
57. · Pathophysiology of nosocomial colonization
58. · Antimicrobial Resistance as a Public Health Emergency
59. Travel Medicine, Global Migration and International Biosecurity
60. · Transport Speed vs. Incubation Period
61. Screening, Evaluation of Diagnostic Tests and Biases in Epidemiological Studies
62. · Analysis of Internal Validity of Screening Tests
63. · Critical Biases in Communicable Disease Studies
64. Artificial Intelligence, Climate Change and Future Frontiers of Epidemiology
65. · Predictive Modeling of Deep Neural Networks