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Disease Causation
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• Disease is often classified according to:
– 1) Its time course, or
– 2) Its cause – Etiology
• The time course classifies disease as acute or
chronic
• The cause of a disease may be classified as infectious
(caused by living organisms which are transmissible)
or non-infectious (NCD).
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Disease Classification
Cause of disease: is an event, condition,
characteristic or a combination of these factors
which plays an important role in producing the
disease.
The causes of disease can be classified in to two:
A. Primary causes – these are the factors which
are necessary for a disease to occur, in whose
absence the disease will not occur.The term
”etiologic agent” can be used instead of primary
cause for Infectious causes of diseases. For e.g.
“Mycobacterium tuberculosis” is the primary cause
(etiologic agent) of pulmonary tuberculosis.
1. Cause of disease
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B. Risk factors (contributing, predisposing, or
aggravating factors).
•These are not the necessary causes of disease
but they are important for a disease to occur.
•A factor associated with an increased
occurrence of a disease is risk factor for the
exposed group; and a factor associated with a
decreased occurrence of a disease is a risk factor
for the non exposed group.
•Risk factors could be related to the agent, the
host and the environment.
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1.1 Causal Concepts of Disease
• Not all associations between exposure and
disease are causal.
• A cause: A factor that preceded the disease
and without which the disease would not occur.
• If disease does not develop without the factor,
then the causative factor is “necessary”.
• No specific factor is sufficient to produce
disease.
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• An agent is considered to be a ‘necessary’ but
not sufficient cause of disease because
suitable conditions of the host and the
environment must also be present for disease
to develop.
• A “sufficient cause” : defined as a set of
conditions and events that surely produce
disease;
• That all of the conditions or events are
necessary.
• For example, tobacco smoking is a cause of lung
cancer, but by itself it is not a sufficient cause.
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• If the disease always results from the
factor, then we term the causative factor
“sufficient”.
• Example:
–Tubercle bacilli is a necessary
factor for TB
–Rabies virus is sufficient for
developing
clinical rabies
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A E
U
Fig 5. An example of three sufficient causes of a disease
U
A B
U
B E
• Assume that these three causes are operating in the diagram
• Without U, there is no disease. U is considered as necessary cause, but all
disease is not due to U alone.
• E causes disease through two mechanisms, II and III, all diseases arising
from II and III are due to E.
• No component cause acts alone, the factors interact with their
complementary factors to produce disease
I II III
Sufficient causes
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Fig 6. Rothman’s Causal Pies: Conceptual
scheme for disease causation
III
Sufficient causes
I II
A
E
An example of three sufficient causes of a disease
B C
D A
H G
F
B
A
J I
F
C
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Epidemiological Principle of Causation
Two principles of disease causation:
1.The single germ theory and
2.The ecological Models
1.The Germ theory
• Luis Pasteur isolated microorganism.
•This discovery led to Koch's postulate in 1877.
• It was a set rule for the determination of causation.
Koch's Postulate states that:
•The organism must be present in every case.
•The organism must be isolated and grown in culture.
•The organism must, when inoculated into a
susceptible animal, cause the specific disease.
•The organism must then be recovered from the
animal.
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2.The ecological Models
•Ecology: is defined as the study of the
relationship of organism to each other as well as
to other aspect of environment.
•Ecology of disease includes all the factor that
contribute to the occurrence of disease
•In epidemiology, the occurrence and
distribution of disease are studied against the
background of various circumstances in
human's total environment.
•Those factors are related to agent, Host and
environment
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Three ecological models:
The epidemiological triangle
The web of causation
The wheel
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1. Epidemiologic triangle and
triad (balance beam).
Host
Agent
Agent
Host Environment
Environment
Fig 3. Epidemiologic triangle Fig 4. Balance beam
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Traditional model of infectious disease causation
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Examples of causes of disease by host,
agent and environmental factors.
Host factors
 Age
 Sex
 Previous disability
 Behaviour
 Genetic inheritance
 Height
 Weight
Agent factors
 Virulence of organisms
 Serotype of organisms
 Antibiotic resistance
 Infectiousness
 Pathogenesis
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Environmental Factors
 Home overcrowding
Air pollution
Workplace hygiene
Weather
Water composition
Food contamination
Animal contact
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• The host, agent, and environment can coexist
harmoniously.
• Disease and injury occur only when there is
interaction or altered equilibrium between them.
• an agent, in combination with environmental
factors, can act on susceptible host to cause
disease
• disruption of any link among these three
factors can also prevent disease.
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2.The web of causation
•The process that generates disease or leads to
injury is much more complex.
•This complexity is better portrayed in web of
causation model
•The web of causation was developed especially
to enhance understanding of chronic disease,
such as cardiovascular disease.
• It can also be applied to the study of injury
and communicable diseases.
• web of causation de‐emphasizes the role of the
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• In this approach, the causes of disease are
considered to be agents, exposures, or risk
factors.
• The factors may include microbes, chemicals,
nutrients, physiologic, genetic characteristics,
as well as behaviors, mental states, race or
socioeconomic status.
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Web of Causation for the Major Cardiovascular Diseases
Cont…
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3.The Wheel
•The wheel consists of a hub (the host or human), which
has genetic makeup as its core.
• Surrounding the host is the environment, schematically
divided into biological, social, and physical.
• The relative sizes of the different components of the wheel
depend upon the specific disease problem under
consideration.
• For hereditary diseases, the genetic core would be
relatively large.
• In contrast to the web of causation, the wheel model
does encourage separate delineation of host and
environmental factors.
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Fig 7. Wheel model of infectious
diseases
Genetic
core
(Humans)
Social
environment
Physical
environment
Biologic
environment
Host
•The interaction of humans with infectious agents and their environment, a
person’s state of health represents a dynamic equilibrium – a balance of forces.
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2. Chain of Infection
• Infection: implies that the agent has
achieved entry and begun to multiply in the
host, whether or not the process leads to
disease.
• This is sometimes called the chain of
infection, or transmission cycle.
• For infection to occur, a chain of events must
take place.
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Fig 8. Chain model of infectious
diseases
Susceptible
host
Causative
agent
Reservoir
Portal of
entry Mode of
transmission
Portal of
exit
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•A model to conceptualize the transmission of a
communicable disease from its source to a susceptible
host.
Chain of Infection
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Pathogen
• Is the disease causing agent
Cont…
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Pathogen
• Is the habitat in which an infectious
agent normally lives and grows.
Reservoir
• Human: symptomatic or asymptomatic
• Animal: called zoonoses
• Environmental: plants, soil, and water
Cont…
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Pathogen
•Is the path by which an agent
leaves the source host.
Reservoir
Portal
of exit
Cont…
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Pathogen
•How pathogens
are passed
Reservoir
Portal
of exit
Modes of Transmission
Direct Indirect
- Direct contact -Airborne
- Droplet spread -Vehicle-borne
- Vector-borne
Trans-
mission
Cont…
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Pathogen
Reservoir
Portal
of exit
Trans-
mission
•Agent enters
susceptible host
Portal
of entry
Respiratory
Oral
Skin
Intravenous
Gastrointestinal
Cont…
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Pathogen Reservoir
Portal
of exit
Trans-
mission
•Final link is a
susceptible host
Portal
of entry
New
Host
Cont…
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Horton & Parker: Informed Infection Control Practice (www)
Chain of Infection
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2. Reservoir:The habitat of an infectious agent
where it normally lives, grows and multiplies.
• Carrier: A person without apparent disease
who is nonetheless capable of transmitting the
agent to others.
Types of Carrier
• Asymptomatic carrier: transmitting
infection without ever showing signs of the
disease.
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• Incubatory carrier: transmitting infection
by shedding the agent before the onset of
clinical manifestations.
• Convalescent carrier:Transmitting
infection after the time of recovery from the
disease
• Chronic carrier: Shed the agent for a long
period of time, or even indefinitely.
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Fig 9. Time course of a disease in relation to its
clinical expression and communicability
Time of infection
(biologicalonset)
Agent starts
being shed
1st manifestation of
disease (clinical onset)
Recovery Agent stops
being shed
Relaps
e
TIME
Incubation period
Latent period
Prepatent
period
Communication period
Generation
Clinical
Threshold
Asymptomatic
Symptomatic
Clinical case
Asymptomatic carrier
Chronic
carrier
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3. Modes of Transmission of
Infectious Agents
• The transfer of an infectious agent from an
infected host (reservoir) to a susceptible host.
• Direct transmission: Immediate transfer of
the agent from a reservoir to a susceptible
host.
• Indirect transmission:Transmission of an
infectious agent to a susceptible host through
the aid of a vehicle, a vector or suspended air
particles.
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• Direct transmission
 Touching
 Kissing
 Biting
 Direct projection
 Blood
transfusion
• Indirect transmission
 Airborne
 Vehicle-borne
 Vector-borne
 Non-vector
intermediate host
 Parenteral injections
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Factors Affecting Disease Transmission
and Symptomatic Clinical Disease
Host
Vector
Agent Environment
-- Susceptibility
-- Immune response
-- Resistance
--- Portal(s) of entry
-- Virulence Toxigenicity
-- Infectivity Resistance
-- Pathogenicity Antigenicity
VECTOR
-- Prevalence
-- Portal(s) of entry
-- Balance of immune to
susceptible individuals
--- Opportunity for
exposure (e.g. crowding)
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4. Portal of Exit
• Portal of exit is the way the infectious
agent leaves the reservoir.
• Possible portals of exit include all body
secretions and discharges: Mucus, saliva,
tears, breast milk, vaginal and cervical
discharges, excretions (feces and urine),
blood, and tissues. For example feces is the
portal of exit for the eggs of hook worm.
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5. Portal of entry - is the site where an infectious
agent enters a susceptible host.
Examples:
-Nasal mucosa is portal of entry for common cold
-Conjunctiva is the portal of entry for trachoma
-Injury site is portal of entry for tetanus
6. Susceptible human host: The susceptible
human host is the final link in the infectious
process.
Host susceptibility or resistance can be seen at
the individual and at the community level.
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3. Infection and Disease Outcome
• Exposure to an infectious agent does not
necessarily lead to infection, and
• An infection does not necessarily lead to
disease
• Infection may remain asymptomatic or sub-
clinical, or may lead to overt clinical disease
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• The progress of an infectious agent and disease
outcome can be quantified as follows:
1. From exposure to infection
 Infectiousness: the proportion of an exposed
susceptible host who become infected (measured
by infection rate), as:
No. infected/No. susceptible and exposed x 100
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2. From infection to disease
 Pathogenicity: the proportion of
infected people who develop clinical disease,
and measured by the clinical-to subclinical
ratio, as:
(No. of clinical cases) : (No. of subclinical cases)
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3. From disease to disease outcome
 Virulence: the proportion of persons with
clinical disease who become severely ill or
die, and measured by:
– Case-fatality-rate
– Hospitalization rate
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Fig . Outcomes at each stage of infection
Exposure Infection Disease Disease
outcome
Infectiousness Pathogenicity Virulence
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Variation in Severity of Illness
• Infectious disease has a wide spectrum
of clinical effects.
CFR = No. of deaths/No. of cases of that disease
Inapparent
infection
Mild
disease
Severe
Disease Death
No signs or
symptoms
Clinical illness with symptoms
Fig 11. The spectrum of disease from communicable disease
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3. Natural History of Diseases
• Refers to the progress of a disease process, in
the absence of intervention.
• Begins with exposure with the causative
agent capable of causing disease.
• Without intervention, the process ends with
recovery, disability or death.
• Halted at any time in the progression by
intervention, host factors, other influences.
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NATURAL HISTORY OF DISEASE
• Each disease has its own natural history
• Helps in understanding the intervention measures
that could be undertaken in order to prevent or
control the disease
• Four main stages:
• Stage of Susceptibility
• Stage of Pre-symptomatic Disease
(Sub clinical stage)
• The Clinical Stage
• Stage of Outcome
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I. Stage of Susceptibility
Disease has not yet developed but there are
factors that favor occurrence (risk factors).
II. Stage of Pre-symptomatic Disease (Sub clinical
stage)
The disease process has already begun but the
disease is not manifested (no signs and symptoms
of disease are detectable).
The initiation of the disease process can be
evidenced by investigation methods, e.g., serology
test for certain diseases
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III.The Clinical Stage
• Signs and Symptoms of the disease are manifested in this
stage. The severity of the disease is variable depending on the
interaction of certain factors:-
 Nutritional status
 Immunity of individuals
 Virulence of the disease causing agent
 The presence / absence of medication
 The presence of underlying illness (TB and HIV/AIDS)
IV. Stage of Outcome
In this stage the disease has occurred and left over damage
to the body which limits the activity of the victim (disability)
or depending on the seriousness of the condition has ended
with the death of the victim.
N.B: Recovery can take place at any stage in the course of the
disease.
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The natural history of infectiousness includes:
Prepatent period: the time interval from infection to
becoming infectious (shedding of the agent).
Infectious period: the time during which an infected host
could infect another host or vector.
Incubation period: the time from infection to
symptomatic disease. Persecutor
The probability of developing symptomatic disease after
becoming infected is pathogenicity (the capability of an
infectious agent to cause disease in a susceptible host).
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Fig 1. Natural history time lines for infection and disease
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Disease Transmission Probability
 The transmission probability is the probability that, given there
is contact between an infective source and a susceptible host,
successful transfer of the infective agent will occur so that
susceptible host become infected
 Transmission probability, helps understanding of the dynamics
of infection and effects of intervention.
 Infectious Host Susceptible Host
Transmission depends on: -infectious host
-susceptible host
-contact definition
-infectious agent
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Cont…
 Spread of disease through person to person transmission of
infectious agent depends on:-
Generation time
Herd immunity
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Cont…
1. Generation time: the time between exposure and maximum
communicability of disease.
 In case of apparent infections generation time may be
equivalent to incubation period.
2. Herd immunity: This refers to a community resistance to
spread of an infectious agent as a result of immunity gained
by high proportion of individual members of the community.
 Though it may not be important to achieve 100% immunity
for successful breakage of the chain of infection.
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• The resistance to an infectious agent of an entire group
or community (and, in particular, protection of
susceptible persons) as a result of a substantial
proportion of the population being immune to the
agent.
• Herd immunity is based on having a substantial number
of immune persons, thereby reducing the likelihood
that an infected person will come in contact with a
susceptible one among human populations, also called
community immunity
Example - If 90 % of the children are vaccinated for measles, the
remaining 10 % of the children who are not vaccinated might not become
infected with measles because most of the children (90 %) are vaccinated.
That means transmission from infected person to other susceptible
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Herd immunity
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Conditions under which herd immunity best
function.
-Single reservoir
-Direct transmission
-Total Immunity
-Number of shedding of agents by Immune host
-Uniform distribution of Immunes
-No over crowding.
• One problem is that, in highly immunized populations,
the relatively few susceptible persons are often clustered
in subgroups defined by socioeconomic or cultural
factors. If the pathogen is introduced into one of these
subgroups, an outbreak may occur.
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Measure of Transmission Probability
 There are two/three common ways of estimating transmission
probability.
1. Secondary Attack Rate
2. Binomial Model
3. Attack Rate
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1. Secondary Attack Rate (SAR):
• Refers to number of cases arising from one case
• Given one case  observed case/s
 Hence SAR gives clue as to whether there is successful
transmission
 SAR is a proportion, not a rate.
Cont…
* SAR = number of new cases
number of susceptible contacts
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Age in
Years
Population Cases
Total
No. susceptible
before primary
cases occurred
Primary Secondary
2-4 300 250 100 50
5-9 450 420 204 87
10-14 152 84 25 15
Secondary Attack Rate
%
100
X
Cases
Initial
of
Number
group
the
in
es
Susceptibl
of
Number
Cases
Initial
of
Number
Cases
of
Number
Total
Rate
Attack
Secondary



%
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%
100
X
100
250
100
150
%
100
X
Cases
Initial
of
Number
group
the
in
es
Susceptibl
of
Number
Cases
Initial
of
Number
Cases
of
Number
Total
)
Years
4
2
(
Rate
Attack
Secondary 







Cont…
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 Household SAR: is used for assessment of vaccine efficacy and
for directly transmissible disease e.g. measles.
 Also, it is calculated during out breaks.
Cont…
* Secondary AR= New cases among contacts of index cases
during the period
Total number of contacts with the index cases
* SAR = Number of persons exposed (have contact
with a known case) who develop disease X 10n
Total number of susceptible exposed person
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 The data required for estimating secondary attack rate are:
The time of onset of disease for each case in the household;
Knowledge of who is susceptible;
Estimates/assumptions about minimum and maximum
incubation periods;
The latent period; and
The maximum time that a person remains infectious;
sometimes it can assumed that the onset of symptoms
coincides with the onset of infectiousness and that there are
no in-apparent cases.
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2. Binomial Models of Transmission Probabilities:
 This model is often used when susceptible individuals are
exposed to more than one potentially infectious case.
 The following notations and formulas are used for this model:
Cont…
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Cont…
P The probability of transmission during a contact between a susceptible and
infectious person
Q=1-p The probability of the susceptible person’s escaping infection during the
contact
N Number of contacts with an infective or with different infective individuals
qn=(1-p)n The probability of escaping infection from all n potentially infective contacts
1-qn=1-(1-p)n The probability of being infected after n contacts (the probability of not
escaping infection from all n contacts
P^ The maximum likelihood estimate if the transmission probability under the
binomial model is: Number of susceptible who become infected
Total number of contacts with infective
Note:-The numerator is the same as for secondary attack rate (SAR).
-The denominator in here is total number of potentially infectious
contacts that susceptible individuals make, while in SAR each
susceptible person had just one potentially infectious contact with
infective case.
The two formulas would the same if everyone in the binomial model made
just one potentially infectious contact.
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3. Attack Rate(AR)
 An attack rate is a variant of an incidence rate, applied to a
narrowly defined population observed for a limited time, such
as during an epidemic.
 It is usually expressed as a percent.
Cont…
* AR= New cases among the population during the specified period
Population at risk at the beginning of the period
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Communicable Diseases ......
Levels of Disease Occurrence
• Diseases occur in a community at different levels at a
particular point in time.
• Some diseases are usually present in a community at
a certain predictable level, this is called the expected
level,
• At times disease may occur in excess of what is
expected
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Communicable Diseases ......
1. Expected levels
a) Endemic: a persistent level of low to
moderate occurrence
b) Hyper-endemic: a persistently high level of
occurrence
c) Sporadic: occasional cases occurring at
irregular intervals
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Communicable Diseases ......
2. Excess of what is expected
a) Epidemic/Outbreak: occurrence of disease in
excess of what is expected in a limited period.
b) Pandemic: an epidemic spread over several
countries or continents, affecting a large number
of people.
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Time
Number of
cases
Endemic
Hyper-endemic
Epidemic/Outbreak
Levels of disease occurrence
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Communicable Diseases ......
• Disease Clustering: is defined as an aggregation of
relatively rare events or diseases in time and/or
place.
• A disease cluster is a mini-epidemic of a rare event
in which occurrence of the disease is clearly in excess
of than expected.
• Clusters may provide useful clues to public health
action, but often they are difficult to handle because
of small numbers.
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4. Levels of Disease Prevention
• The aim is to implement interventions that
prevent infections or ameliorate infections.
• Involves the interruption or slowing of disease
progression through appropriate intervention.
• Epidemiology plays a central role in disease
prevention by identifying modifiable causes of
disease and their risk factors
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1. Primordial
 Underlying condition for disease
causation exists
 Prevention of factors contributing to
increased risk of disease
Eg. smoking, environmental pollution
• Target
-Total population
- Selected groups
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Four levels of disease prevention
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2) Primary prevention:-
• Specific causal factors exist
• The causative agent exists but the aim is to
prevent the development of disease by
eliminating causes of disease or increasing
resistance to disease.
Target
• Total population
• Selected groups
• healthy individual
 Primary prevention has 3 components.
• These are health promotion, prevention of
exposure, and prevention of disease.
72
10/5/2023 By Abera G(BSc, MPH in Epidemiology).
A. Health promotion
•It consists of general non-specific
interventions that enhance health and the
body's ability to resist disease.
•Improvement of socioeconomic status,
provision of adequate food, housing,
clothing, and education are examples of
health promotion.
73
10/5/2023 By Abera G(BSc, MPH in Epidemiology).
B. Prevention of disease:-
is the prevention of disease development after the
individual has become exposed to the disease
causing factors. Immunization is an example of
prevention of disease.
• Immunization acts after exposure has taken
place.
• Immunization does not prevent an infectious
organism from invading the immunized host, but
does prevent it from establishing an infection.
If we take measles vaccine, it will not prevent the
virus from entering to the body but it prevents
the development of infection/disease. 74
10/5/2023 By Abera G(BSc, MPH in Epidemiology).
C. Prevention of exposure:- is the
avoidance of factors which may cause disease if
an individual is exposed to them.
Examples can be provision of safe and adequate
water, proper excreta disposal, and vector control
3) Secondary prevention:-
• After the biological onset, but before the
advancement of disease
•The objective of secondary prevention is to stop
or slow the progression of disease so as to
prevent or limit permanent damage.
75
10/5/2023 By Abera G(BSc, MPH in Epidemiology).
• Secondary prevention can be achieved through
detecting people who already have the disease
as early as possible and treat them. It is carried
out before the person is permanently
damaged.
• Target : Patients
Examples:
• Prevention of blindness fromTrachoma
• Early detection and treatment of breast cancer
to prevent its progression to the invasive stage,
which is the severe form of the disease.
76
10/5/2023 By Abera G(BSc, MPH in Epidemiology).
4) Tertiary prevention:– is targeted towards
people with permanent damage or disability. Tertiary
prevention is needed in some diseases because
primary and secondary preventions have failed, and in
others because primary and secondary prevention are
not effective.
It has two objectives:
• Treatment to prevent further disability or death and
• To limit the physical, psychological, social, and
financial impact of disability, thereby improving
the quality of life. This can be done through
rehabilitation, which is the retraining of the
remaining functions for maximal effectiveness.
Target : Patients
77
10/5/2023 By Abera G(BSc, MPH in Epidemiology).
78
Example:
1. When a person becomes blind due to vitamin A
deficiency, tertiary prevention (rehabilitation) can help
the blind or partly blind person learn to do gainful work
and be economically self supporting.
2. Diabetes mellitus a disease that can not really be
prevented or cured so primary and secondary
prevention are not effective .Hence .the goal of Tertiary
prevention in diabetics is to control the level of their
blood sugar using drugs and/or diet and to treat
complication properly in order to improve the quality of
life. Prevent permanent damage such as blindness .and
prevents early death.
10/5/2023 By Abera G(BSc, MPH in Epidemiology).
Table 1. Levels of prevention in relation to the
stage of the disease.
Levels of
prevention
Natural history of diseases Stages of disease Target
Primary Healthy person
exposure
recovery
Specific causal
factors exist
Total
population,
selected
groups, healthy
individuals
Secondary Biological/sub-clinical pre-symptomatic
stage
recovery
Clinical onset
Early stage of
disease
Clinical stage
A/symptomatic
patients
Tertiary
Permanent damage, disability, Death
Late stage of
disease
Patients
10/5/2023 By Abera G(BSc, MPH in Epidemiology). 79
5. Managing Communicable diseases
1. Measures Directed Against the Reservoir
2. Measures that Interrupt the Transmission of Organisms
3. Measures that Reduce Host Susceptibility
10/5/2023 80
Measures Directed Against the Reservoir
Domestic animals as
reservoir
•Immunization
•Testing of herds
•Destruction of infected animals
Wild animals as reservoir •Post-exposure prophylaxis
Humans as reservoir •Removal of the focus of infection
•Isolation of infected persons.
•Treatment to make them non-infectious.
•Disinfection of contaminated objects.
By Abera G(BSc, MPH in Epidemiology).
Cont…
10/5/2023 81
Measures that Interrupt the Transmission of Organisms
For diseases
transmitted by
ingestion
•Purification of water
•Pasteurization of milk
•Inspection procedures designed to ensure safe food supply.
•Improve housing conditions.
For disease
transmitted by
respiratory routes
•Chemical disinfection of air and use of ultraviolet light.
•Work on ventilation patterns, like unidirectional
("laminar") air flow to reduce the transmission of
organisms in hospitals
For diseases whose
cycles involve an
intermediate host
•Clearing irrigation farms from snails to control
schistosomiasis.
By Abera G(BSc, MPH in Epidemiology).
Cont…
10/5/2023 82
Measures that Reduce Host Susceptibility
Active immunization • Mass vaccination
• Selective vaccination
Passive immunization •Transfer of maternal antibodies to the
fetus through the placenta.
•Prophylaxis administration of immune
serum globulin (ISG).
Chemoprophylaxis •Use of antibiotics for known contacts of
cases
•Use of prophylaxis to persons travelling
to endemic areas.
By Abera G(BSc, MPH in Epidemiology).

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2- Infectious Disease Epid.pptx

  • 1. Disease Causation 1 10/5/2023 By Abera G(BSc, MPH in Epidemiology).
  • 2. • Disease is often classified according to: – 1) Its time course, or – 2) Its cause – Etiology • The time course classifies disease as acute or chronic • The cause of a disease may be classified as infectious (caused by living organisms which are transmissible) or non-infectious (NCD). 2 10/5/2023 By Abera G(BSc, MPH in Epidemiology). Disease Classification
  • 3. Cause of disease: is an event, condition, characteristic or a combination of these factors which plays an important role in producing the disease. The causes of disease can be classified in to two: A. Primary causes – these are the factors which are necessary for a disease to occur, in whose absence the disease will not occur.The term ”etiologic agent” can be used instead of primary cause for Infectious causes of diseases. For e.g. “Mycobacterium tuberculosis” is the primary cause (etiologic agent) of pulmonary tuberculosis. 1. Cause of disease 3 10/5/2023 By Abera G(BSc, MPH in Epidemiology).
  • 4. B. Risk factors (contributing, predisposing, or aggravating factors). •These are not the necessary causes of disease but they are important for a disease to occur. •A factor associated with an increased occurrence of a disease is risk factor for the exposed group; and a factor associated with a decreased occurrence of a disease is a risk factor for the non exposed group. •Risk factors could be related to the agent, the host and the environment. 4 10/5/2023 By Abera G(BSc, MPH in Epidemiology).
  • 5. 1.1 Causal Concepts of Disease • Not all associations between exposure and disease are causal. • A cause: A factor that preceded the disease and without which the disease would not occur. • If disease does not develop without the factor, then the causative factor is “necessary”. • No specific factor is sufficient to produce disease. 5 10/5/2023 By Abera G(BSc, MPH in Epidemiology).
  • 6. • An agent is considered to be a ‘necessary’ but not sufficient cause of disease because suitable conditions of the host and the environment must also be present for disease to develop. • A “sufficient cause” : defined as a set of conditions and events that surely produce disease; • That all of the conditions or events are necessary. • For example, tobacco smoking is a cause of lung cancer, but by itself it is not a sufficient cause. 6 10/5/2023 By Abera G(BSc, MPH in Epidemiology).
  • 7. • If the disease always results from the factor, then we term the causative factor “sufficient”. • Example: –Tubercle bacilli is a necessary factor for TB –Rabies virus is sufficient for developing clinical rabies 7 10/5/2023 By Abera G(BSc, MPH in Epidemiology).
  • 8. A E U Fig 5. An example of three sufficient causes of a disease U A B U B E • Assume that these three causes are operating in the diagram • Without U, there is no disease. U is considered as necessary cause, but all disease is not due to U alone. • E causes disease through two mechanisms, II and III, all diseases arising from II and III are due to E. • No component cause acts alone, the factors interact with their complementary factors to produce disease I II III Sufficient causes 8 10/5/2023 By Abera G(BSc, MPH in Epidemiology).
  • 9. Fig 6. Rothman’s Causal Pies: Conceptual scheme for disease causation III Sufficient causes I II A E An example of three sufficient causes of a disease B C D A H G F B A J I F C 9 10/5/2023 By Abera G(BSc, MPH in Epidemiology).
  • 10. Epidemiological Principle of Causation Two principles of disease causation: 1.The single germ theory and 2.The ecological Models 1.The Germ theory • Luis Pasteur isolated microorganism. •This discovery led to Koch's postulate in 1877. • It was a set rule for the determination of causation. Koch's Postulate states that: •The organism must be present in every case. •The organism must be isolated and grown in culture. •The organism must, when inoculated into a susceptible animal, cause the specific disease. •The organism must then be recovered from the animal. 10 10/5/2023 By Abera G(BSc, MPH in Epidemiology).
  • 11. 2.The ecological Models •Ecology: is defined as the study of the relationship of organism to each other as well as to other aspect of environment. •Ecology of disease includes all the factor that contribute to the occurrence of disease •In epidemiology, the occurrence and distribution of disease are studied against the background of various circumstances in human's total environment. •Those factors are related to agent, Host and environment 11 10/5/2023 By Abera G(BSc, MPH in Epidemiology).
  • 12. Three ecological models: The epidemiological triangle The web of causation The wheel 12 10/5/2023 By Abera G(BSc, MPH in Epidemiology).
  • 13. 1. Epidemiologic triangle and triad (balance beam). Host Agent Agent Host Environment Environment Fig 3. Epidemiologic triangle Fig 4. Balance beam 13 Traditional model of infectious disease causation 10/5/2023 By Abera G(BSc, MPH in Epidemiology).
  • 14. Examples of causes of disease by host, agent and environmental factors. Host factors  Age  Sex  Previous disability  Behaviour  Genetic inheritance  Height  Weight Agent factors  Virulence of organisms  Serotype of organisms  Antibiotic resistance  Infectiousness  Pathogenesis 10/5/2023 By Abera G(BSc, MPH in Epidemiology). 14
  • 15. Environmental Factors  Home overcrowding Air pollution Workplace hygiene Weather Water composition Food contamination Animal contact 10/5/2023 By Abera G(BSc, MPH in Epidemiology). 15
  • 16. • The host, agent, and environment can coexist harmoniously. • Disease and injury occur only when there is interaction or altered equilibrium between them. • an agent, in combination with environmental factors, can act on susceptible host to cause disease • disruption of any link among these three factors can also prevent disease. 16 10/5/2023 By Abera G(BSc, MPH in Epidemiology).
  • 17. 2.The web of causation •The process that generates disease or leads to injury is much more complex. •This complexity is better portrayed in web of causation model •The web of causation was developed especially to enhance understanding of chronic disease, such as cardiovascular disease. • It can also be applied to the study of injury and communicable diseases. • web of causation de‐emphasizes the role of the agent and highlights other factors that encourage the onset of disease. 17 10/5/2023 By Abera G(BSc, MPH in Epidemiology).
  • 18. • In this approach, the causes of disease are considered to be agents, exposures, or risk factors. • The factors may include microbes, chemicals, nutrients, physiologic, genetic characteristics, as well as behaviors, mental states, race or socioeconomic status. 18 10/5/2023 By Abera G(BSc, MPH in Epidemiology).
  • 19. Web of Causation for the Major Cardiovascular Diseases Cont… By Abera G(BSc, MPH in Epidemiology). 19 10/5/2023
  • 20. 3.The Wheel •The wheel consists of a hub (the host or human), which has genetic makeup as its core. • Surrounding the host is the environment, schematically divided into biological, social, and physical. • The relative sizes of the different components of the wheel depend upon the specific disease problem under consideration. • For hereditary diseases, the genetic core would be relatively large. • In contrast to the web of causation, the wheel model does encourage separate delineation of host and environmental factors. 20 10/5/2023 By Abera G(BSc, MPH in Epidemiology).
  • 21. Fig 7. Wheel model of infectious diseases Genetic core (Humans) Social environment Physical environment Biologic environment Host •The interaction of humans with infectious agents and their environment, a person’s state of health represents a dynamic equilibrium – a balance of forces. 21 10/5/2023 By Abera G(BSc, MPH in Epidemiology).
  • 22. 2. Chain of Infection • Infection: implies that the agent has achieved entry and begun to multiply in the host, whether or not the process leads to disease. • This is sometimes called the chain of infection, or transmission cycle. • For infection to occur, a chain of events must take place. 22 10/5/2023 By Abera G(BSc, MPH in Epidemiology).
  • 23. Fig 8. Chain model of infectious diseases Susceptible host Causative agent Reservoir Portal of entry Mode of transmission Portal of exit 23 10/5/2023 By Abera G(BSc, MPH in Epidemiology).
  • 24. •A model to conceptualize the transmission of a communicable disease from its source to a susceptible host. Chain of Infection By Abera G(BSc, MPH in Epidemiology). 24 10/5/2023
  • 25. Pathogen • Is the disease causing agent Cont… By Abera G(BSc, MPH in Epidemiology). 25 10/5/2023
  • 26. Pathogen • Is the habitat in which an infectious agent normally lives and grows. Reservoir • Human: symptomatic or asymptomatic • Animal: called zoonoses • Environmental: plants, soil, and water Cont… By Abera G(BSc, MPH in Epidemiology). 26 10/5/2023
  • 27. Pathogen •Is the path by which an agent leaves the source host. Reservoir Portal of exit Cont… By Abera G(BSc, MPH in Epidemiology). 27 10/5/2023
  • 28. Pathogen •How pathogens are passed Reservoir Portal of exit Modes of Transmission Direct Indirect - Direct contact -Airborne - Droplet spread -Vehicle-borne - Vector-borne Trans- mission Cont… By Abera G(BSc, MPH in Epidemiology). 28 10/5/2023
  • 29. Pathogen Reservoir Portal of exit Trans- mission •Agent enters susceptible host Portal of entry Respiratory Oral Skin Intravenous Gastrointestinal Cont… By Abera G(BSc, MPH in Epidemiology). 29 10/5/2023
  • 30. Pathogen Reservoir Portal of exit Trans- mission •Final link is a susceptible host Portal of entry New Host Cont… By Abera G(BSc, MPH in Epidemiology). 30 10/5/2023
  • 31. Horton & Parker: Informed Infection Control Practice (www) Chain of Infection By Abera G(BSc, MPH in Epidemiology). 31 10/5/2023
  • 32. 2. Reservoir:The habitat of an infectious agent where it normally lives, grows and multiplies. • Carrier: A person without apparent disease who is nonetheless capable of transmitting the agent to others. Types of Carrier • Asymptomatic carrier: transmitting infection without ever showing signs of the disease. 32 10/5/2023 By Abera G(BSc, MPH in Epidemiology).
  • 33. • Incubatory carrier: transmitting infection by shedding the agent before the onset of clinical manifestations. • Convalescent carrier:Transmitting infection after the time of recovery from the disease • Chronic carrier: Shed the agent for a long period of time, or even indefinitely. 33 10/5/2023 By Abera G(BSc, MPH in Epidemiology).
  • 34. 34 Fig 9. Time course of a disease in relation to its clinical expression and communicability Time of infection (biologicalonset) Agent starts being shed 1st manifestation of disease (clinical onset) Recovery Agent stops being shed Relaps e TIME Incubation period Latent period Prepatent period Communication period Generation Clinical Threshold Asymptomatic Symptomatic Clinical case Asymptomatic carrier Chronic carrier 35 10/5/2023 By Abera G(BSc, MPH in Epidemiology).
  • 35. 3. Modes of Transmission of Infectious Agents • The transfer of an infectious agent from an infected host (reservoir) to a susceptible host. • Direct transmission: Immediate transfer of the agent from a reservoir to a susceptible host. • Indirect transmission:Transmission of an infectious agent to a susceptible host through the aid of a vehicle, a vector or suspended air particles. 35 10/5/2023 By Abera G(BSc, MPH in Epidemiology).
  • 36. • Direct transmission  Touching  Kissing  Biting  Direct projection  Blood transfusion • Indirect transmission  Airborne  Vehicle-borne  Vector-borne  Non-vector intermediate host  Parenteral injections 36 10/5/2023 By Abera G(BSc, MPH in Epidemiology).
  • 37. 37 Factors Affecting Disease Transmission and Symptomatic Clinical Disease Host Vector Agent Environment -- Susceptibility -- Immune response -- Resistance --- Portal(s) of entry -- Virulence Toxigenicity -- Infectivity Resistance -- Pathogenicity Antigenicity VECTOR -- Prevalence -- Portal(s) of entry -- Balance of immune to susceptible individuals --- Opportunity for exposure (e.g. crowding) 10/5/2023 By Abera G(BSc, MPH in Epidemiology).
  • 38. 4. Portal of Exit • Portal of exit is the way the infectious agent leaves the reservoir. • Possible portals of exit include all body secretions and discharges: Mucus, saliva, tears, breast milk, vaginal and cervical discharges, excretions (feces and urine), blood, and tissues. For example feces is the portal of exit for the eggs of hook worm. 38 10/5/2023 By Abera G(BSc, MPH in Epidemiology).
  • 39. 5. Portal of entry - is the site where an infectious agent enters a susceptible host. Examples: -Nasal mucosa is portal of entry for common cold -Conjunctiva is the portal of entry for trachoma -Injury site is portal of entry for tetanus 6. Susceptible human host: The susceptible human host is the final link in the infectious process. Host susceptibility or resistance can be seen at the individual and at the community level. 39 10/5/2023 By Abera G(BSc, MPH in Epidemiology).
  • 40. 3. Infection and Disease Outcome • Exposure to an infectious agent does not necessarily lead to infection, and • An infection does not necessarily lead to disease • Infection may remain asymptomatic or sub- clinical, or may lead to overt clinical disease 40 10/5/2023 By Abera G(BSc, MPH in Epidemiology).
  • 41. • The progress of an infectious agent and disease outcome can be quantified as follows: 1. From exposure to infection  Infectiousness: the proportion of an exposed susceptible host who become infected (measured by infection rate), as: No. infected/No. susceptible and exposed x 100 41 10/5/2023 By Abera G(BSc, MPH in Epidemiology).
  • 42. 2. From infection to disease  Pathogenicity: the proportion of infected people who develop clinical disease, and measured by the clinical-to subclinical ratio, as: (No. of clinical cases) : (No. of subclinical cases) 42 10/5/2023 By Abera G(BSc, MPH in Epidemiology).
  • 43. 3. From disease to disease outcome  Virulence: the proportion of persons with clinical disease who become severely ill or die, and measured by: – Case-fatality-rate – Hospitalization rate 43 10/5/2023 By Abera G(BSc, MPH in Epidemiology).
  • 44. Fig . Outcomes at each stage of infection Exposure Infection Disease Disease outcome Infectiousness Pathogenicity Virulence 44 10/5/2023 By Abera G(BSc, MPH in Epidemiology).
  • 45. Variation in Severity of Illness • Infectious disease has a wide spectrum of clinical effects. CFR = No. of deaths/No. of cases of that disease Inapparent infection Mild disease Severe Disease Death No signs or symptoms Clinical illness with symptoms Fig 11. The spectrum of disease from communicable disease 45 10/5/2023 By Abera G(BSc, MPH in Epidemiology).
  • 46. 3. Natural History of Diseases • Refers to the progress of a disease process, in the absence of intervention. • Begins with exposure with the causative agent capable of causing disease. • Without intervention, the process ends with recovery, disability or death. • Halted at any time in the progression by intervention, host factors, other influences. 46 10/5/2023 By Abera G(BSc, MPH in Epidemiology).
  • 47. NATURAL HISTORY OF DISEASE • Each disease has its own natural history • Helps in understanding the intervention measures that could be undertaken in order to prevent or control the disease • Four main stages: • Stage of Susceptibility • Stage of Pre-symptomatic Disease (Sub clinical stage) • The Clinical Stage • Stage of Outcome 47 10/5/2023 By Abera G(BSc, MPH in Epidemiology).
  • 48. 48 I. Stage of Susceptibility Disease has not yet developed but there are factors that favor occurrence (risk factors). II. Stage of Pre-symptomatic Disease (Sub clinical stage) The disease process has already begun but the disease is not manifested (no signs and symptoms of disease are detectable). The initiation of the disease process can be evidenced by investigation methods, e.g., serology test for certain diseases 10/5/2023 By Abera G(BSc, MPH in Epidemiology).
  • 49. 49 III.The Clinical Stage • Signs and Symptoms of the disease are manifested in this stage. The severity of the disease is variable depending on the interaction of certain factors:-  Nutritional status  Immunity of individuals  Virulence of the disease causing agent  The presence / absence of medication  The presence of underlying illness (TB and HIV/AIDS) IV. Stage of Outcome In this stage the disease has occurred and left over damage to the body which limits the activity of the victim (disability) or depending on the seriousness of the condition has ended with the death of the victim. N.B: Recovery can take place at any stage in the course of the disease. 10/5/2023 By Abera G(BSc, MPH in Epidemiology).
  • 50. The natural history of infectiousness includes: Prepatent period: the time interval from infection to becoming infectious (shedding of the agent). Infectious period: the time during which an infected host could infect another host or vector. Incubation period: the time from infection to symptomatic disease. Persecutor The probability of developing symptomatic disease after becoming infected is pathogenicity (the capability of an infectious agent to cause disease in a susceptible host). 50 10/5/2023 By Abera G(BSc, MPH in Epidemiology).
  • 51. 51 Fig 1. Natural history time lines for infection and disease 10/5/2023 By Abera G(BSc, MPH in Epidemiology).
  • 52. Disease Transmission Probability  The transmission probability is the probability that, given there is contact between an infective source and a susceptible host, successful transfer of the infective agent will occur so that susceptible host become infected  Transmission probability, helps understanding of the dynamics of infection and effects of intervention.  Infectious Host Susceptible Host Transmission depends on: -infectious host -susceptible host -contact definition -infectious agent By Abera G(BSc, MPH in Epidemiology). 52 10/5/2023
  • 53. Cont…  Spread of disease through person to person transmission of infectious agent depends on:- Generation time Herd immunity By Abera G(BSc, MPH in Epidemiology). 53 10/5/2023
  • 54. Cont… 1. Generation time: the time between exposure and maximum communicability of disease.  In case of apparent infections generation time may be equivalent to incubation period. 2. Herd immunity: This refers to a community resistance to spread of an infectious agent as a result of immunity gained by high proportion of individual members of the community.  Though it may not be important to achieve 100% immunity for successful breakage of the chain of infection. By Abera G(BSc, MPH in Epidemiology). 54 10/5/2023
  • 55. • The resistance to an infectious agent of an entire group or community (and, in particular, protection of susceptible persons) as a result of a substantial proportion of the population being immune to the agent. • Herd immunity is based on having a substantial number of immune persons, thereby reducing the likelihood that an infected person will come in contact with a susceptible one among human populations, also called community immunity Example - If 90 % of the children are vaccinated for measles, the remaining 10 % of the children who are not vaccinated might not become infected with measles because most of the children (90 %) are vaccinated. That means transmission from infected person to other susceptible children will not be easier 55 Herd immunity 10/5/2023 By Abera G(BSc, MPH in Epidemiology).
  • 56. 56 Conditions under which herd immunity best function. -Single reservoir -Direct transmission -Total Immunity -Number of shedding of agents by Immune host -Uniform distribution of Immunes -No over crowding. • One problem is that, in highly immunized populations, the relatively few susceptible persons are often clustered in subgroups defined by socioeconomic or cultural factors. If the pathogen is introduced into one of these subgroups, an outbreak may occur. 10/5/2023 By Abera G(BSc, MPH in Epidemiology).
  • 57. Measure of Transmission Probability  There are two/three common ways of estimating transmission probability. 1. Secondary Attack Rate 2. Binomial Model 3. Attack Rate By Abera G(BSc, MPH in Epidemiology). 57 10/5/2023
  • 58. 1. Secondary Attack Rate (SAR): • Refers to number of cases arising from one case • Given one case  observed case/s  Hence SAR gives clue as to whether there is successful transmission  SAR is a proportion, not a rate. Cont… * SAR = number of new cases number of susceptible contacts By Abera G(BSc, MPH in Epidemiology). 58 10/5/2023
  • 59. Age in Years Population Cases Total No. susceptible before primary cases occurred Primary Secondary 2-4 300 250 100 50 5-9 450 420 204 87 10-14 152 84 25 15 Secondary Attack Rate % 100 X Cases Initial of Number group the in es Susceptibl of Number Cases Initial of Number Cases of Number Total Rate Attack Secondary    % 33 % 100 X 100 250 100 150 % 100 X Cases Initial of Number group the in es Susceptibl of Number Cases Initial of Number Cases of Number Total ) Years 4 2 ( Rate Attack Secondary         Cont… By Abera G(BSc, MPH in Epidemiology). 59 10/5/2023
  • 60.  Household SAR: is used for assessment of vaccine efficacy and for directly transmissible disease e.g. measles.  Also, it is calculated during out breaks. Cont… * Secondary AR= New cases among contacts of index cases during the period Total number of contacts with the index cases * SAR = Number of persons exposed (have contact with a known case) who develop disease X 10n Total number of susceptible exposed person By Abera G(BSc, MPH in Epidemiology). 60 10/5/2023
  • 61.  The data required for estimating secondary attack rate are: The time of onset of disease for each case in the household; Knowledge of who is susceptible; Estimates/assumptions about minimum and maximum incubation periods; The latent period; and The maximum time that a person remains infectious; sometimes it can assumed that the onset of symptoms coincides with the onset of infectiousness and that there are no in-apparent cases. Cont… By Abera G(BSc, MPH in Epidemiology). 61 10/5/2023
  • 62. 2. Binomial Models of Transmission Probabilities:  This model is often used when susceptible individuals are exposed to more than one potentially infectious case.  The following notations and formulas are used for this model: Cont… By Abera G(BSc, MPH in Epidemiology). 62 10/5/2023
  • 63. Cont… P The probability of transmission during a contact between a susceptible and infectious person Q=1-p The probability of the susceptible person’s escaping infection during the contact N Number of contacts with an infective or with different infective individuals qn=(1-p)n The probability of escaping infection from all n potentially infective contacts 1-qn=1-(1-p)n The probability of being infected after n contacts (the probability of not escaping infection from all n contacts P^ The maximum likelihood estimate if the transmission probability under the binomial model is: Number of susceptible who become infected Total number of contacts with infective Note:-The numerator is the same as for secondary attack rate (SAR). -The denominator in here is total number of potentially infectious contacts that susceptible individuals make, while in SAR each susceptible person had just one potentially infectious contact with infective case. The two formulas would the same if everyone in the binomial model made just one potentially infectious contact. By Abera G(BSc, MPH in Epidemiology). 63 10/5/2023
  • 64. 3. Attack Rate(AR)  An attack rate is a variant of an incidence rate, applied to a narrowly defined population observed for a limited time, such as during an epidemic.  It is usually expressed as a percent. Cont… * AR= New cases among the population during the specified period Population at risk at the beginning of the period By Abera G(BSc, MPH in Epidemiology). 64 10/5/2023
  • 65. Communicable Diseases ...... Levels of Disease Occurrence • Diseases occur in a community at different levels at a particular point in time. • Some diseases are usually present in a community at a certain predictable level, this is called the expected level, • At times disease may occur in excess of what is expected 65 10/5/2023 By Abera G(BSc, MPH in Epidemiology).
  • 66. Communicable Diseases ...... 1. Expected levels a) Endemic: a persistent level of low to moderate occurrence b) Hyper-endemic: a persistently high level of occurrence c) Sporadic: occasional cases occurring at irregular intervals 66 10/5/2023 By Abera G(BSc, MPH in Epidemiology).
  • 67. Communicable Diseases ...... 2. Excess of what is expected a) Epidemic/Outbreak: occurrence of disease in excess of what is expected in a limited period. b) Pandemic: an epidemic spread over several countries or continents, affecting a large number of people. 67 10/5/2023 By Abera G(BSc, MPH in Epidemiology).
  • 68. 68 Time Number of cases Endemic Hyper-endemic Epidemic/Outbreak Levels of disease occurrence 10/5/2023 By Abera G(BSc, MPH in Epidemiology).
  • 69. Communicable Diseases ...... • Disease Clustering: is defined as an aggregation of relatively rare events or diseases in time and/or place. • A disease cluster is a mini-epidemic of a rare event in which occurrence of the disease is clearly in excess of than expected. • Clusters may provide useful clues to public health action, but often they are difficult to handle because of small numbers. 69 10/5/2023 By Abera G(BSc, MPH in Epidemiology).
  • 70. 4. Levels of Disease Prevention • The aim is to implement interventions that prevent infections or ameliorate infections. • Involves the interruption or slowing of disease progression through appropriate intervention. • Epidemiology plays a central role in disease prevention by identifying modifiable causes of disease and their risk factors 70 10/5/2023 By Abera G(BSc, MPH in Epidemiology).
  • 71. 1. Primordial  Underlying condition for disease causation exists  Prevention of factors contributing to increased risk of disease Eg. smoking, environmental pollution • Target -Total population - Selected groups 71 Four levels of disease prevention 10/5/2023 By Abera G(BSc, MPH in Epidemiology).
  • 72. 2) Primary prevention:- • Specific causal factors exist • The causative agent exists but the aim is to prevent the development of disease by eliminating causes of disease or increasing resistance to disease. Target • Total population • Selected groups • healthy individual  Primary prevention has 3 components. • These are health promotion, prevention of exposure, and prevention of disease. 72 10/5/2023 By Abera G(BSc, MPH in Epidemiology).
  • 73. A. Health promotion •It consists of general non-specific interventions that enhance health and the body's ability to resist disease. •Improvement of socioeconomic status, provision of adequate food, housing, clothing, and education are examples of health promotion. 73 10/5/2023 By Abera G(BSc, MPH in Epidemiology).
  • 74. B. Prevention of disease:- is the prevention of disease development after the individual has become exposed to the disease causing factors. Immunization is an example of prevention of disease. • Immunization acts after exposure has taken place. • Immunization does not prevent an infectious organism from invading the immunized host, but does prevent it from establishing an infection. If we take measles vaccine, it will not prevent the virus from entering to the body but it prevents the development of infection/disease. 74 10/5/2023 By Abera G(BSc, MPH in Epidemiology).
  • 75. C. Prevention of exposure:- is the avoidance of factors which may cause disease if an individual is exposed to them. Examples can be provision of safe and adequate water, proper excreta disposal, and vector control 3) Secondary prevention:- • After the biological onset, but before the advancement of disease •The objective of secondary prevention is to stop or slow the progression of disease so as to prevent or limit permanent damage. 75 10/5/2023 By Abera G(BSc, MPH in Epidemiology).
  • 76. • Secondary prevention can be achieved through detecting people who already have the disease as early as possible and treat them. It is carried out before the person is permanently damaged. • Target : Patients Examples: • Prevention of blindness fromTrachoma • Early detection and treatment of breast cancer to prevent its progression to the invasive stage, which is the severe form of the disease. 76 10/5/2023 By Abera G(BSc, MPH in Epidemiology).
  • 77. 4) Tertiary prevention:– is targeted towards people with permanent damage or disability. Tertiary prevention is needed in some diseases because primary and secondary preventions have failed, and in others because primary and secondary prevention are not effective. It has two objectives: • Treatment to prevent further disability or death and • To limit the physical, psychological, social, and financial impact of disability, thereby improving the quality of life. This can be done through rehabilitation, which is the retraining of the remaining functions for maximal effectiveness. Target : Patients 77 10/5/2023 By Abera G(BSc, MPH in Epidemiology).
  • 78. 78 Example: 1. When a person becomes blind due to vitamin A deficiency, tertiary prevention (rehabilitation) can help the blind or partly blind person learn to do gainful work and be economically self supporting. 2. Diabetes mellitus a disease that can not really be prevented or cured so primary and secondary prevention are not effective .Hence .the goal of Tertiary prevention in diabetics is to control the level of their blood sugar using drugs and/or diet and to treat complication properly in order to improve the quality of life. Prevent permanent damage such as blindness .and prevents early death. 10/5/2023 By Abera G(BSc, MPH in Epidemiology).
  • 79. Table 1. Levels of prevention in relation to the stage of the disease. Levels of prevention Natural history of diseases Stages of disease Target Primary Healthy person exposure recovery Specific causal factors exist Total population, selected groups, healthy individuals Secondary Biological/sub-clinical pre-symptomatic stage recovery Clinical onset Early stage of disease Clinical stage A/symptomatic patients Tertiary Permanent damage, disability, Death Late stage of disease Patients 10/5/2023 By Abera G(BSc, MPH in Epidemiology). 79
  • 80. 5. Managing Communicable diseases 1. Measures Directed Against the Reservoir 2. Measures that Interrupt the Transmission of Organisms 3. Measures that Reduce Host Susceptibility 10/5/2023 80 Measures Directed Against the Reservoir Domestic animals as reservoir •Immunization •Testing of herds •Destruction of infected animals Wild animals as reservoir •Post-exposure prophylaxis Humans as reservoir •Removal of the focus of infection •Isolation of infected persons. •Treatment to make them non-infectious. •Disinfection of contaminated objects. By Abera G(BSc, MPH in Epidemiology).
  • 81. Cont… 10/5/2023 81 Measures that Interrupt the Transmission of Organisms For diseases transmitted by ingestion •Purification of water •Pasteurization of milk •Inspection procedures designed to ensure safe food supply. •Improve housing conditions. For disease transmitted by respiratory routes •Chemical disinfection of air and use of ultraviolet light. •Work on ventilation patterns, like unidirectional ("laminar") air flow to reduce the transmission of organisms in hospitals For diseases whose cycles involve an intermediate host •Clearing irrigation farms from snails to control schistosomiasis. By Abera G(BSc, MPH in Epidemiology).
  • 82. Cont… 10/5/2023 82 Measures that Reduce Host Susceptibility Active immunization • Mass vaccination • Selective vaccination Passive immunization •Transfer of maternal antibodies to the fetus through the placenta. •Prophylaxis administration of immune serum globulin (ISG). Chemoprophylaxis •Use of antibiotics for known contacts of cases •Use of prophylaxis to persons travelling to endemic areas. By Abera G(BSc, MPH in Epidemiology).