Public Health & Microbiology notes

01 What's inside

Every topic, from its contents page.

• Public Health Overview
• Measuring Health Concepts
• Health Behaviour
• Changing Behaviour
• Chronic Disease & Risk Factors
• Pandemics
• Vaccination/Immunization
• Basic Concepts of Infectious Diseases
• Microbiology: Prions
• Microbiology: Viruses
• Microbiology: Parasites
• Microbiology: Bacteria
• Notable Infective Diseases
  • – Infective Endocarditis
  • – Lymphangitis
  • – Myocarditis - Viral & Toxic
  • – Pericarditis
  • – Impetigo (School Sores)
  • – Erysipelas
  • – Cellulitis
  • – Scabies
  • – Lice (Pediculosis)
  • – Herpes Simplex
  • – Chicken Pox (Varicella Zoster)
  • – Herpes Zoster (Shingles)
  • – Measles Virus
  • – Rubella Virus ("German Measles")
  • – Human Parvovirus B19 ("5th Disease")
  • – Scarlet Fever
  • – Dermatophytosis - "Ringworm"/"Tinea"
  • – Parasitic Gut Infections
  • – Poliomyelitis
  • – Meningitis
  • – Encephalitis
  • – Common Cold (Acute Rhinitis)
  • – Pharyngitis (Sore Throat)
  • – Acute Laryngotracheobronchitis (Croup)
  • – Acute Epiglottitis
  • – Pertussis - Whooping Cough
  • – Q-Fever
  • – Leptospirosis
  • – Melioidosis
  • – Pneumonias ("Infections of the Lung")
  • – Bronchiolitis
  • – Seasonal Flu (Influenza A & B)
  • – Bird Flu (H5N1)
  • – Swine Flu (H1N1)
  • – SARS & COVID - Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
  • – Genital Herpes Simplex
  • – Human Papilloma Virus
  • – Syphilis
  • – Chlamydia
  • – Gonorrhoea
  • – Donovanosis
  • – Hepatitis C
  • – Human Immunodeficiency Virus
  • – Trachoma
  • – Pulmonary Tuberculosis
  • – Intestinal Tuberculosis
  • – Leprosy
  • – Whipple's Disease
  • – Metazoan Parasites
  • – Lymphatic Filariasis
  • – Malaria
  • – Leishmaniasis
  • – Arboviruses
  • – Ross River Virus (RRV)
  • – Dengue Virus
  • – Yellow Fever
  • – Murray Valley Encephalitis