treatment, control, prevention and management (1 Viewer)

[portiaskye]

anyone have definitions for these and the differences between them?

thanks.

 

[Undermyskin]

Treatment: how to 'defeat' or help the host body to 'fight' against the pathogens.

Control/management: methods to manage the population of the pathogens, pretty much when the pathogens are still outside the bodies. Plus how to quarantine the pathogens, avoiding an epidemic explosion.

e.g: DDT is used to control the Anopheles population and in turn the Plasmodium protozoans.

If someone is infected by this, the disease is Malaria. Treatment: chloroquine, etc. Control (complementary to the DDT): separate the infected person from mosquitos or even other people when it's the breeding season.

Prevention: to avoid malaria, wear clothes that cover your whole bodies, esp. when it's approaching dusky hours, use mosquito nets, use bug repellants, etc.

Prevention: how to prevent the pathogen from infecting a healthy body.

If you are mixed up with prevention and control/management, remember prevention is only for HEALTHY/UNINFECTED host organisms while control/management are for the pathogens themselve plus the infected organisms.

 

[portiaskye]

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