Investigating with epidemiology
The case of an illness or health event which appears to be abnormal in a community or area
What is an epidemic?
the first disease case in the population
What is a primary case?
This level tries to go about preventing a disease before it happens
What is primary prevention?
an exposed individual possesses a pathogen and contains it even after recovery from disease.
What is an active carrier?
an object like clothing, furniture, or a utensil that can hold infectious agents and is capable of allowing transmission
What is a fomite?
is an epidemic that affects the population of a country or continent
What is a pandemic?
it's the name of the first disease case brought to the attention of the epidemiologist
What is an index case?
Some ways to go about this level of prevention is through health screening and detection activities that are used to identify and diagnose disease
What is secondary prevention?
It's an exposed individual who possesses a pathogen but isn't sick or hasn't shown any symptoms of the disease.
What is a passive carrier?
it's an invertebrate animal like a mosquito that transmits infection from one host to another
What is a vector?
When a disease has an ongoing presence in a community or a group of people
What is an endemic?
It's the people who are now infected after a disease has been introduced into a population from infection contact of a primary case
What is a secondary case?
This level of prevention leaves you trying to limit the injury that has been occurring through already possessing the disease or disorder.
It's an exposed individual who possesses a pathogen and can spread the disease in all different areas.
it's the habitat and the infectious agent living area, where it can grow and multiply
What is a reservoir?
arise from infections transmitted from one infected person to another
What is a propagated epidemic?
an individual or a group that all have the symptoms and signs of a condition that has not been diagnosed yet.
What is a suspect case?
Hey! Maybe you should lay down the chips to practice this kind of primary prevention
It's an exposed individual who possesses a pathogen and is in the starting stage of disease through displaying all of the symptoms and can transmit the disease
What is an incubatory carrier?
nonliving item like a fomite, water, or food that transfers infectious agents from its reservoir to a host
What is a vehicle?
when people who are victims of a common-source epidemic have person-person contact and spread disease
What is mixed epidemic?
It is measured with several variables that are effective measures of the case (hint: hospital stay duration is one of them).
What is case severity?
Always keep yourself hydrated! It's part of this type of primary prevention
It's an individual that is possessing a pathogen and who is still infectious even though they are almost done and recovering from a disease.
What is an convalescent carrier?
It's an infectious organism that is found vertebrate animals that can be transmitted to humans through direct contact, a fomite, or a vector (Hint: influenza is a pretty good organism for humans)
What is zoonosis?