Infectious and Communicable Disease

Explore how measles spreads, presents with a rash and characteristic spots, and how vaccination and lifelong immunity reduce transmission and outbreaks.

Track the whooping cough outbreak through the transmission path and stages of disease, from initial signs to the convalescent period. Learn about vaccination, safety considerations, and potential hypersensitivity contraindications.

Explore tuberculosis caused by mycobacterium tuberculosis, its global emergency and public health impact, common symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment challenges, including drug resistance and xdr across contexts.

Worm infestation spreads through soil contaminated with eggs, outlines the parasite life cycle and maturation, and highlights anemia risks and barefoot prevention strategies.

Explore how malaria transmits via mosquitoes, drives global mortality, and involves a complex life cycle with symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment considerations.

The lecture explains filariasis, a parasite transmitted by mosquitoes such as Culex, with larvae invading the lymphatics, causing lymphedema and elephantiasis through a mosquito-host life cycle.

Explore the plague, its flea-bite transmission, and the historical impact like the Black Death, highlighting outbreak risks, infection sources, case reporting, and epidemic dynamics.

Explore multiple infectious and communicable diseases, including Zika virus, its transmission through vectors and pregnancy-related microcephaly, with diagnosis, symptoms, and control measures.