Title: Descriptive Epidemiology and West Nile Virus

Objectives:

• Follow and comprehend a scenario using epidemiologic principles.
• Identify and describe key descriptive epidemiology indicators such as person, place, and time.
• Describe some patterns of disease according to person, place, and time.
• Create graphs or tables as appropriate to further describe disease information.

Assignment-

Read the following scenario and answer the corresponding questions to the best of your ability.

Introduction

West Nile virus (WNV) is a vector-borne disease (zoonotic arbovirus, Flavivirus), transmitted by WNV infected mosquitoes (Mayo Clinic, 2012). These mosquitoes become infected when they feed on infected animals-most likely birds-and then transmit the infection to humans or animals (CDC, 2012). West Nile virus is endemic to East Africa, particularly the Western Nile region of Uganda, but was first identified in the United States in 1999 in Queens, New York. West Nile Virus is often found in ecosystems where mosquitoes thrive and breed (low to medium altitudes, access to water and standing water, tropical/temperate/seasonal climates, dense brush to some flora).

Question 1: From the above table, please identify the person data provided as a major indicator (as described in the descriptive epidemiology readings and lecture). Review the person data in the table and make an assertion about who is being affected the most by or the most at risk for developing WNV and WNV Fever vs. WNV neuroinvasive disease.

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