Transmission
A disease that results when an agent is transferred by some intermediate organism or process to a susceptible host
What is Indirect Transmission
An infected person/animal that contains and spreads an infectious organism
What is a Carrier
An increase in the # of cases of disease is above normal for a given time and place
What is a Epidemic
A bacteria, fungi, virus, or mold that can produce disease
What is a Pathogen
The first disease case in a population
What is Primary Case
Transfer of disease to a human by a vector
What is Vector-borne Transmission
What is a Active Carrier
An epidemic that arises from a specific source
An ongoing usual constant presence of a disease in a community
What is an Endemic
The transfer of a bacteria or virus through dust particles or small respiratory particles
What is Airborne Transmission
The direct and immediate transfer of an agent from a host to a susceptible host
What is Direct Transmission
An individual who harbors a pathogen and who, although in the recovery phase of the course of the disease, is still contagious
What is a Convalescent Carrier
A description of who, what, when, and where aspect of events in a population
What is Descriptive Epidemiology
A disease transmission that occurs when the pathogen leaves the reservoir through a portal
What is a Portal of Exit
The effort to prevent a disease before it happens
What is Primary Prevention
A vector-borne transmission process that uses a host as a mechanism for a ride, for nourishment, or as a part of a physical transfer
What is Mechanical Transmission
An individual in the beginning stage, who is showing symptoms, and has the ability to transmit the disease
What is Incubatory Carrier
A study that involves answering questions like "Why" and "How”
What is Analytic Epidemiology
An invertebrate animal that can transmit an infectious agent to humans
What is a Vector
An epidemic attacking the population of an extensive region
What is a Pandemic
The transfer of a pathogen to a susceptible host by a vector, with the pathogen undergoing reproduction, developmental changes, or both while in the vector
What is Biological Transmission
An individual who harbors a pathogen and can spread the disease at different places or intervals
What is an Intermittent Carrier
An epidemic that rises from an infection transmitted from one infected person to another
An infectious organism in vertebrae animals that can be transmitted to humans through direct contact, a fomite, or a vector
What is Zoonosis
When victims of a ongoing epidemic have person-to-person contact with others and spread the disease
What is a Mixed Epidemic