3. G
ermTheoryofD
isease
The breakthrough came in 1860,when French bacteriologist Louis
Pasteur dem
onstrated the presence of bacteria in air. I
n 1
87
3 he
advancedtheoryofSpontaneousgeneration..
Later Robert Koch discovered anthrax caused by bacteria and
G
OLDEN ERA of Bacteriology begun w
ith discovery of m
icrobe
aftermicrobe..
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onnococus in1
879
Typhoidbacillus,Pneumococciin1
8
8
0
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uberclebacillusin1
882
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883
D
iptheriain1
884andsoon
…
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4. All attentionw
as focusedonm
icrobes andtheir rolein
diseasecausation,anddiseasemodelaccordinglyis:-
• D
I
SEASEAGENT MAN D
I
SEASE
•
• I
n1
878RobertKochsum
m
arizedhis
experim
ents ontheetiologyofw
ound
infection,Byinoculatinganim
alsw
ith
m
aterial fromvarioussources,he
producedsixtypesofinfection,each
causedbyaspecific m
icroorganism
.
• H
ethentransferredtheseinfections by
• inoculationthroughseveral kindsof
animals,reproducingtheoriginalsix
types.
Robert Koch
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7. TheGermtheoryhasmanylimitation,Itwas
unabletoexplain
Whyonlysomepeoplesuffer fromthediseaseafter
exposure to microorganism and not all,as with
exposuretotuberclebacilli.
Whysomepeopledonotsufferfromthedisease
eventhroughtheyharborthepathogeninthebody.As
incarrier state
This lead to demand of a broader concept of
disease causation that synthesized the basic
factorsofAgent,HostandEnvironment.
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14. Epidem
iological triadtheoryis notapplicablefor non
infectious andchronicdiseases likeCoronaryartery
diseaes,M
ental illness etc,becausethese diseasehas
m
anycauses andm
ultiplefactors.
Thisledustothinkfor theM
ultipleFactorsbehind
adiseasecausation.
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19. Now it is recognized that a disease is not only
causedbyanorganismbutalsopredisposedby m
any
factors contributingtoits occurrence.
For exam
ple:- “M
odernD
iseases”ofcivilization like–
lungcancer,diabetes,coronaryheartdiseaseandm
ental
illnessetchasseveralcontributingfactorsbehindfor
thereoccurrence.
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20. I
tis nowknow
nthatdiseases suchas Coronaryheart
diseaseandcancerareduetomultiplefactors.
For Exam
ple-
Excess of fat (saturated) intake, Smoking ,lack of
physical exercise and obesity are involved in the
Pathogenesis ofCoronaryH
eartD
isease
MostofthesefactorsarelinkedtoLifestyleandhuman
behavior.
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22. This m
odel of disease causationw
as suggestedby
MacmahonandPughintheirbook:Epidemiology
:Principles andM
ethods
Thismodelis ideallysuitedinthestudyofchronic
disease,wherethediseaseagentisoftennotknown,but
istheoutcomeofinteractionofmultiplefactors…
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of causation” considered all the
predisposing factors of any type and their
com
plexinter relationshipw
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yocardial infarctionw
hichis bynom
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