The Nature of Disease

• Disease terminology: symptom, chronic, acute, endemic
• Social, genetic, & environmental causes of disease
• Epidemics, pandemics
• Disease diagnosis, techniques, screening
• Biochemical and microbiological analysis
• Diagnostic techniques
• Medical imaging: X-rays, MRI, CT-scans, ultrasound
• Biosensors
• Control of disease
• Vaccines, antimicrobial drugs
• Monoclonal antibodies
• Organ transplants, xenotransplants
• The World Health Organisation
• Role of the Center for Disease Control (CDC)

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Infectious Disease

• Transmission
• Bacterial diseases
• Viral diseases
• Fungal diseases
• Protozoan diseases
• Multicellular parasites: ticks, roundworms, flatworms
• Emerging diseases
• HIV and AIDS: origin and epidemiology, infection, treatment, social/economic cost
• Prion diseases: BSE, vCJD
• Cholera: transmission, treatment, epidemics
• Tuberculosis: transmission, treatment, pandemic
• Malaria: transmission, treatment
• Hookworm, Guinea worm: transmission, treatment, epidemics
• Food poisoning: toxins, sources, Staphylococcus aureus

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Non-Infectious Disease

• Cardiovascular diseases: types, diagnosis, treatment
• Cancer: types, symptoms, treatment, breast cancer
• Smoking and lung diseases, short term and long term effects of smoking
• Eating disorders: obesity, anorexia
• Balanced diet, food pyramid, nutrient requirements, body mass index
• Vitamins and deficiency diseases: beriberi, scurvy, rickets, kwashiorkor
• Diabetes: types, symptoms, treatment
• Kidney dialysis

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Defence & Immune System

• Body’s natural biota
• The body’s recognition of ‘self’
• Tissue rejection
• Human blood group antigens
• Haemolytic disease of the newborn
• The body’s defence against disease
• Phagocytes
• Inflammation
• Fever
• Immunity
• Lymphatic system
• The immune system: B-lymphocytes & humoral immunity, T-lymphocytes and cellular immunity
• Antigens and antibodies
• Immune system disorders
• Allergies

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