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LEARNING OBJECTIVES
• Describe how public health microbiology INTRODUCTION TO THE TOPIC

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• Describe how the development of civi-
public health is concerned with the causes of
lization has both helped and hindered the
human morbidity and mortality, the scope of its
health of populations.
practice is practically universal. It includes the envi-
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epidemiology are methods to understand the data environmental health that the topic is most often
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Epidemiology is used to discern the trends in health Public health microbiology is dependent on an
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these trends, and biostatistics are used to analyze tal health and from microbiology, and it also re-
whether those data pass the test of statistical sig- quires an understanding of concepts from other
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Social and behavioral sciences concern the hu- plines will be woven into a core presentation of
man element of public health: people form social microbiology. This is the true value of this topic: it
organizations (e.g., families, neighborhoods, clubs, not only describes the pathogens and their means
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of a group of people, as expressed through their diseases can debilitate the patient and create oppor-
government and the rules of society. A good ex- tunities for infectious disease to do further harm.
ample is the campaign against cigarette smoking. For example, treatment for cancer involves radia-
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may lead to acute poisoning, or chronic chemical panied by a bacterial pneumonia), to antibiotic-
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and from biological agents (e.g., dog bites, falls mild, a significant percentage require hospitaliza-
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disease and the means by which people encounter malaria and dengue fever, both of which are trans-
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TABLE 1-1 The Top Ten Causes of Death in the United States in 2006
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Accidents (unintentional injuries) 121,599 5.0
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Septicemia 34,234 1.4

NOTE: Percentage sums to 76.5% because all other causes of death equal the other 23.5%. No other cause of death exceeds 1.4%
of total deaths.
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TABLE 1-2 The Top Ten Causes of Death Worldwide in 2004
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Coronary heart disease 7.20 12.2

Stroke and other cerebrovascular diseases 5.71 9.7
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Road traffic accidents 1.27 2.2
Prematurity and low birth weight 1.18 2.0
NOTE: Percentage adds to 50.3% because all other causes of death equal the other 49.7%. No other cause of death exceeds 2.0%
of total deaths.
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis is also a major cause of
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mortality in many countries (Table 1-2). A person may encounter infectious disease in a
A course in microbiology is a prerequisite to a number of ways. Contaminated drinking water is a
full understanding of this topic. Microorganisms major source of exposure, and great efforts are
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ments generally are, and how they exist in the Contaminated food is another obvious threat, espe-
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avoiding or destroying pathogens. Other vital com- sneeze), direct contact (e.g., through an insect bite
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in medical microbiology (the study of pathogenic populations rather than individuals, issues of scale
microorganisms) is not essential. Much of medical are relevant. While the practice of medicine for
microbiology is devoted to the progression of dis- infectious disease is concerned with the individual
ease after the host has encountered the pathogen patient and the specific disease involved, public
and to the ability of the host to defeat the invaders health is more concerned with all pathogens, their
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A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
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Bacteria account nearly a third of the city’s population died
Protozoa from this plague, the source and identity of which
Viruses remains unclear. However, it must have been ter-
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breath. These symptoms were followed by hunting–gathering was that food was under the
sneezing and hoarseness, after which the pain direct observation and control of the consumers. If
soon reached the chest, producing a hard food appeared to be spoiled, they decided whether
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ing followed, producing violent spasms, which The adoption of agriculture somewhere be-
in some cases ceased soon after, in others tween 8,000 and 10,000 years ago was a major ad-
much later. vance in human development. People still hunted
local game, and humans would eventually domes-
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ideal in terms of health promotion. We have created foods that were selected could usually be stored for
structures and societies that serve certain purposes, extended periods of time, making famine less likely.
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Roman Empire, when water pipes and goblets were People settled in an area because it was ame-
constructed from lead. The pipes served a very nable to cultivation and because it was near a reli-
useful purpose in delivering water to people who able water supply, such as a river. The variety of
would otherwise have to carry it great distances, foods in the diet declined because a farmer could
but lead is a toxic metal which, over time, accumu- not grow every plant that existed in the wild, and
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nificant contributing factor in the decline of their In these communities the person doing the plant-
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clans of hunter-gatherers, people searched for food made his own weapons and used them to kill
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of years, and nomadic tribes still exist today. How- produce a good spear point—in exchange for part
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fast and so well that he created leisure time for him- earliest recognizable money was probably in the
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them to other clans for their specialty goods (e.g., While useful in themselves for creating jewelry and
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measure of responsibility for the quality of his food also let someone else do the milling of the wheat
to the hunter. This simple arrangement should pose and just buy the flour. Or he could completely skip
few problems; if the hunter traded a piece of spoiled the steps in food production and buy a meal pre-
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might not get any in the future. Even after the meals are consumed every day. However, the con-
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are ultimately limited in scope. food as fresh, or is even using the ingredients that
As societies became more complex, other means are claimed. For example, it is not unusual today
of supporting workers were needed. The Biblical to find a cheaper grade of fish offered as a more
book of Daniel describes how the young Daniel was expensive variety to unsuspecting shoppers.
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period they were found to be healthier than the diseases. With the advent of air freight, fresh pro-
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and the most important rules and regulations at skilled workers are necessary to maintain that level
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