Outbreaks unpacked- recent tutorial material

Posted on October 5, 2016 by mdjkf

The online Field Epidemiological Manual is an essential resource.  Here are the 10 steps, and 10 pitfalls list we went through.

This is a great survey of the wider topic from a local leading thinker:  Outbreak-insights-looke-2012.

EpiInfo is the free CDC software much beloved by field epidemiologists for easy data collection and analysis.  If you want to learn one program, start with this one!

This epi-graph-and-line-list-for-flu provides a simple way to set up a line list and epidemiological curve.  Line lists are based on the Australian CDNA Influenza in Aged care guideline.

See here for some great example epidemic curves with explanations. Excerpts below:

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Microbiologist and Infectious Diseases Physician
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