The basis for intervention
The objective for any epidemiologist is to provide information that leads to the breaking of any one of the three arms of the epidemiological triangle (Merrill, 2012). Doing so disrupts the connection that is required for an outbreak (Merrill, 2012. The host in the triangle refers to any organisms that offers sustenance and lodging for the disease. The environment can biological as well as physical stresses that favour the host, and agent refers to the infectious disease, disability, injury, parasites ext. (Merrill, 2012). The epidemiological triangle forms the basis to epidemiology.
The chain of infection is closely associated with the epidemiological triangle, in that it's links are interconnected much like that arms of the triangle. Understanding each one of these links in the chain will greatly aid the epidemiologist in understanding the nature, cause and origins of the disease or health related event.
The chain of infection is closely associated with the epidemiological triangle, in that it's links are interconnected much like that arms of the triangle. Understanding each one of these links in the chain will greatly aid the epidemiologist in understanding the nature, cause and origins of the disease or health related event.
