Disease Investigation
This field studies the distribution and causes of disease
What is epidemiology?
A disease that is constantly present within a population or region
What is an endemic?
When disease spreads through direct person-to-person contact
What is direct transmission?
Person being studied for a particular disease or condition
What is a case?
Actions like vaccinations, healthy eating, and exercise that reduce the risk of disease
What is primary prevention?
This type of epidemiology looks at how and why diseases occur by comparing groups
What is analytic epidemiology?
A sudden increase in disease cases that is above the normally expected in a community
What is epidemic?
What is airborne transmission?
A standard set of guidelines used to diagnose cases consistently
What is a case definition?
Detecting disease early to improve outcomes
What is secondary prevention?
This type of epidemiology looks at who gets a disease, when it happens, and where it occurs
What is descriptive epidemiology?
An epidemic that spread over multiple countries, affecting a large number of people
What is pandemic?
Disease that spreads through insects such such as ticks or mosquitoes
What is vector-borne transmission?
The person responsible for bringing a disease into a population
What is a primary case?
Efforts to reduce complications after a disease has developed
What is tertiary prevention?
He is considered the father of modern epidemiology
Who is John Snow?
An outbreak in which everyone is exposed to the same source
What is a common source?
A person or animal harbors and can spread an infectious disease
What is a carrier?
A person who shows signs and symptoms of a disease but has not been officially diagnosed
What is a suspect case?
Helping people regain strength and function after an illness or injury
What is rehabilitation?
Diseases, injuries, behaviors, and other conditions epidemiologist study because they affect the health of a person or population
What is health-related states or events?
An outbreak that spreads from one person to another over time
What is propagated?
This is where a disease causing organism normally lives and grows before infecting a host
What is reservoir?
The first case presented to epidemiologists
What is the index case?
Protection that does not require a person to take action, such as fluoridated water
What is passive primary prevention?