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Communicable Diseases: Chain of Infection, Host Resistance, Leprosy and Immunization

A full communicable-diseases course by Ms Abiigail Too, starting with definitions, distribution patterns and why the diseases matter, then the chain of infection, host resistance and the measures that break each link. Detailed sections follow on leprosy, including period of communicability and the criteria that make it eliminable, and on the vaccines used in Kenya's Expanded Programme on Immunization with their contraindications.

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