What is an Epidemic?
in a specific population where an health issues occurs
What does term "case" mean in epidemiology?
individual diagnosed to an injury, disease, or condition
What is Primary Prevention?
protecting oneself before one is expose
What is Direct transmission?
physically touching a contaminated surface/person
What is a Carrier?
an occupant that contains and spreads infectious agents
What is an Endemic?
A persistent health issue that occurs in a population
What is index case?
first case that epidemiologist notice
What is Active Primary Prevention?
change in behavior to optimize one's health
What is Indirect Transmission?
pathogens that are carried and transferred through objects or organisms
Active Carrier
an individual that harbors disease for something after being exposed, and spreads it after recovery
What is a Pandemic?
an epidemic affecting at a world wide scale
What is primary case?
first infected individual in the population
What is Passive Primary Prevention?
No requirement of change behavior
Airborne Transmission
What is Convalescent Carrier?
An individual in the process of recovery that is still infectious
Common Source
epidemic arising from a main source
What is Secondary case?
diagnosed individual after known disease
What is Secondary prevention?
Actions taken to reduce disease growth
Vehicle borne Transmission
intermediate where infectious agents are transferred and infect
What is a Healthy Carrier?
individual that shows no signs of disease after being exposed, can potentially spread
Propagated
source found to be transmitted from an individual to another
What is Suspect case?
individual who shows signs and symptoms yet not diagnosed
What is Tertiary Prevention?
Actions taken to limit diseases affect on an individual
What is Vector borne Transmission?
an invertebrate animal that transmits pathogens to other vertebrates
Intermitted Carrier
one that was exposed to pathogen, and harbors and spreads it through different times and places