1. Epidemiology of yellow fever
A descriptive background Yellow fever * Identify the agent, reservoir(s), mode of
transmission mosquito , and incubation period.* Write a descriptive epidemiologic analysis
of yellow fever Describe the patterns of this emerging pathogen by person, place, and time.
Need statics of the disease currently maps with data Yellow fever from NIH, WHO or posted
in ProMED-mail and search their archives for additional information • Select a population at
risk for your emerging pathogen. brazil seems to newest out break of yellow fever • Discuss
reasons why the rate is higher in this population. • Discuss the issues for preventing the
emerging pathogen in your selected population.• Describe surveillance methods and
screening tests that may be used for detecting the emerging pathogen in your selected
population. Identify strategies for addressing the issues you identified above. • Describe
how you would design a study to evaluate your proposed strategy. • How would you
disseminate your findings? some of the references I started include References American
College of Physicians (2017). Ongoing surveillance and vaccination are key to prevent
yellow fever outbreak in humans. Annals of Internal Medicine Retrieved
http://annals.org/aim/article/doi/10.7326/M17-1949 Centers of Disease Control (2016a).
Principles of Epidemiology in Public Health Practice, Third Edition an introduction to
Applied Epidemiology and biostatistics.Lesson 6: Centers of Disease Control (2018b).
Yellow Fever Travel Information Retrieved from
https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/page/yellow-fever-information#Epidemiology #yellow
#fever
