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the first disease case in a population.
What is a primary case?
an inanimate object that can harbor an infectious agent and is capable of being transmitted.
What is a fomite?
an individual who has been exposed to and harbors a causing-disease pathogen.
What is an active carrier?
disease transmission that occurs when a pathogen leaves a reservoir or a host
What is portal of exit?
prevents a disease or disorder before it happens.
the first disease case that is brought to the attention of an epidemiologist.
What is an index case?
an invertebrate animal that can transmit and transport an infectious agent from one host to another.
What is a vector?
Another name for healthy carrier
What is a passive carrier?
when a pathogen enters a susceptible host.
What is portal entry?
What is a secondary prevention?
those who are infected after a disease has been introduced to a population or those who are infected from a primary case.
What is a secondary case?
an infectious organism in vertebrate animals that can be transmitted to humans.
What is a zoonosis?
an individual who has been exposed to and harbors a pathogen can still be infected after being treated and recovered.
What is a convalescent carrier?
transmission that occurs when a agent leaves it's reservoir or host through a portal exit and it enters through a portal of entry infecting a host.
What is a chain of infection?
prevention that doesn't require the behavioral change on the part of the individual.
What is a passive primary prevention?
an individual or a group who has all signs and symptoms of a disease that hasn't been diagnosed but is connected to symptoms of a specific pathogen.
What is a reservoir?
an individual who has been exposed to and harbors a pathogen and can easily spread the disease in different places at different intervals.
What is an intermittent carrier?
a disease that is transmitted to humans and other animals by blood-feeding anthropods.
What is a vector-borne transmission?
a type of prevention that'll improve the quality of life and reduce the symptoms that a person already has.
What is a tertiary prevention?
A set of criteria used in making a decision as to whether an individual has a disease or health event of interest.
What is a case definition?
contains, spread or harbors an infectious agent.
What is a carrier?
an individual who has been exposed to and harbors a pathogen from beginning stages of the disease to transmission of the disease.
What is an Incubatory carrier?
an indirect type of transmission process as to which the pathogen is transferred from a reservoir, source or to a host to another host by inanimate object.
What is a vehicle-borne transmission?
a type of prevention that requires behavior change from an individual.
What is an active primary prevention?