Why are Disease Detectives important?
Disease Detectives, or Epidemiologists, identify infectious diseases or disease outbreaks. They can help prevent lots of people from getting sick by making recommendations on how to stay healthy and avoid disease. Who do Epidemiologists work with? Epidemiologists also work with nurses and doctors to track the spread of disease in a community. This practice helps determine who in the community might be most at risk of catching a disease. Epidemiologists also share their knowledge about disease symptoms, disease transmission and recommended prevention methods with public health nurses, health educators and communications experts who then share information with people in the community. How do Epidemiologists track a disease? Tracking a disease (disease surveillance) is a part of a disease investigation. Disease investigation activities might include interviewing the sick person, their family, friends and the health care professionals working on the case. They are seeking answers to the qu
