| Zika Virus | Lyme Disease | Influenza, which is also Pertussis(whooping cough) | |
| Restricted to human | Yes | Certainly | Absolutely |
| Limited persistence in the environment | Yes.it is resolved in a matter of days or weeks. | No. To a point, it requires professional medical doctors to cure it. | Yes, because it is easily preventable and cured. |
| Absence of long-term carrier state | Yes | Yes, but it may occur regularly in people with weak immune systems | Yes |
| Long-term immunity results from affection | No | Yes. needs more medical attention | No |
| Vaccination confers long-term immunity | Absolutely | absolutely, but it is not 100% possible for people who have weak immune | yes |
| Herd immunity prevents the perpetuation of an epidemic | Certainly | Yes | Yes |
| Easily diagnosed disease? | Certainly | Moderate | Absolutely |
| Vaccination effective post-exposure | Possible | Not really; it needs more medical attention | Very possible |
Whooping cough is a disease that looks like it can be eradicated fast with less impact. The disease can be prevented just by the use of a vaccine. Since it has a limited existence of about days or some weeks, it can hardly weaken an individual’s immune system. After the disease gets into an individual, the vaccine can cure it quickly. The only problem is that it spreads quickly, but the merit of it is that it can also be stopped promptly.
In conclusion, the three diseases are limited to only man but spread by animals (insects). Individuals with the three conditions can undergo treatment, but some need more medical attention from professionals. Eradication is possible in the three states, but the simplest of them all is Influenza because it can be prevented by a vaccine, hence faster and more efficient. Would recommend prevention of the diseases instead of cure.
References
Guthrie, E., & Amirthalingam, G. (2018). Whooping cough: public health management and guidance. Stroke, 13, 57.
Riegelman, R. & Kirkwood, B. (2015). Public Health 101: Healthy People – Healthy
