Short Answer Questions
Answer EIGHT out of TEN questions. Answer EACH question in a separate word document. All questions are of equal weighting.
Detail the different epidemiological information you would need to consider before introducing a new vaccination programme targeting a specific disease. What might be some potential sources for these data?
What are the main control strategies to control TB in England?
Name ONE potential environmental source of infection with Legionnaires’ disease.
Using the source named, briefly explain the FOUR factors necessary for Legionella to be transmitted from an environmental source and cause infection.
Describe ONE method of control which would interrupt one of the four factors described.
Why is it important to distinguish between antigenic drift and antigenic shift in the context of influenza?
What are the 10 steps in an outbreak investigation and why is it important to follow these steps?
Please describe three public health actions you would take in response to a case of probable Meningococcal disease reported by a hospital, and what are the main objectives of these public health actions?
