Impact of the disease and its determinants
Objectives
After this unit, students should be able to: 1. To list health determinants related to different diseases; 2. To identify the main neglected tropical diseases and of poverty, its distribution and impact; 3. To synthetize and explain concepts of “neglected tropical diseases and of poverty” and “emergent and reemerging diseases”, the biology of the pathogenic microorganisms and its vectors, the eco-epidemiology and morbidity / mortality; 4. To synthetize and explain the concept of “One Health”; 5. To identify and apply diagnostic methodologies adapted to different scenarios; 6. To interpret the impact of ambient factors on the eco-epidemiology of zoonosis and the use of geographic information systems as a tool of surveillance of emerging zoonotic diseases; 7. To know and use knowledge and health information sources; 8. To produce a scientific text about the impact and determinants of one disease and a critical analysis about a scientific article on this subject.
General characterization
Code
5789003
Credits
4
Responsible teacher
Isabel Maurício
Hours
Weekly - 14
Total - 45
Teaching language
Portuguese
Prerequisites
Attendance of 2/3 of classes is mandatory
Bibliography
• Conrad PA et al (2013) Operationalizing a One Health approach to global health challenges. Comp Immunol Microbiol Infect Dis. 36:211– 216 • Rabozzi et al (2012) Emerging Zoonoses: the One Health Approach. Saf Health Work 3:77-83 • Jason K. Blackburn (2010) Integrating Geographic Information Systems and Ecological Niche Modeling into Disease Ecology: A Case Study of Bacillus anthracis in the United States and Mexico. Emerging and Endemic Pathogens NATO Science for Peace and Security Series A: Chemistry and Biology, Volume 00, 2010, pp 59-88. • Manson's Tropical Diseases. 2009. 22ª edição. • Cook G. C. and Zumla A. I. (Ed.),WB Saunders, London. Wernsdorfer WH (1988).Malaria. Principles and practice of malariology. Churchill Livingstone Inc. London. UK. • Franklin, J. and Miller, J.A. (2009) Mapping species distributions: spatial inference and prediction. Cambridge University Press Cambridge. • Elith, J. and Leathwick, J. (2009). Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics, 40, 677-697.
Teaching method
Teaching methods. Direct teaching by the expository method (theoretical classes T) and indirect teaching by learning through guided discovery and solving problems in a simulation and laboratory environment (theoretical-practical TP and PL practices).
Evaluation method
The final classification of the course: written test with two components and frequency of at least 2/3 of classes taught.
Subject matter
I. Definitions of disease, determinants and impact. II. Concept of neglected tropical diseases. III. Laboratory diagnosis in microbiology and arboviroses. IV. Biology and eco-epidemiology of vector borne infections: the vectors, Leishmaniasis, malaria, trypanosomiases, arboviruses. V. Biology and eco-epidemiology of helminths: Schistosomiasis, geohelmintiasis. VI. Biology and eco-epidemiology of intestinal protozoonoses. VII. HIV/AIDS. VIII. Tuberculosis. IX. Fungal infections: opportunistic and nosocomial. X. One Health concept. XI. Ecological changes: main factors and impact in the eco-epidemiology of vector-borne zoonoses. XII. Epidemiologic surveillance networks, geographic information systems and their contribution to surveillance of emerging zoonotic diseases. XIII. Impact of climate changes in health.