Learning Outcomes for Study Session 1

When you have studied this session, you should be able to:

1.1  Define and use correctly all of the key terms printed in bold. (SAQs 1.1 and 1.5)

1.2  Identify the main types of infectious agents. (SAQs 1.2 and 1.3)

1.3  Describe the main reservoirs of infectious agents. (SAQ 1.3)

1.4  Describe the chain of transmission of communicable diseases and explain how infectious agents are transmitted by direct and indirect modes. (SAQs 1.3 and 1.5)

1.5  Describe the characteristics of susceptible hosts and the main risk factors for development of communicable diseases. (SAQ 1.4)

1.6  Describe the stages in the natural history of communicable diseases. (SAQ 1.5)