Vocabulary
concerned with the search for causes and effects
what is epidemiology?
During short haul flights, aisle passengers have higher fomite exposure.
use Fomite in a sentence.
one who harbors a pathogenic organism for a clinically significant time?
what is active carrier?
infectious diseases that spread from human to human
primary case
an infectious agent is transferred from a reservoir to a susceptible host by direct contact or droplet spread.
what is direct transmission
The ability to produce a desired or intended results
what is efficacy?
The magnitude of the vector is the product war.
Use vector in a sentence?
is contaminated with the pathogen and can mechanically transmit it to another host
what is passive carrier?
a person who gets a disease from exposure to a person with the disease
secondary case
the transfer of an infectious agent from a reservoir to a host by suspended air particles.
what is indirect transmission.
Prevalent over a whole country or the world.
what is a pandemic?
The oil is pumped up from deep underground reservoir.
Use reservoir in a sentence?
those who have recovered from their illness but remain capable of transmitting to others
what is convalescent?
first documented patient in a disease epidemic within the population.
what is index case
bacteria that are most commonly transmitted through droplets
what is airborne transmission
The pattern of a common source outbreak followed by secondary person-to-person spread is not uncommon
What is a mixed epidemic?
is considered to be a serious health problem in some countries.
use zoonosis in a sentence.
those who can transmit the agent during the incubation period before clinical illness begins
what is incubatory carrier
a set of standard criteria for classifying whether a person has a particular disease.
what is a case?
disease that results from an infection transmitted to humans and other animals by blood-feeding anthropoids.
what is vector borne transmission
The ability to produce a desired or intended result.
Definition of efficacy?
we are discovering new ways to propagate plants without seeds
Use propagated in a sentence?
one who harbors an infectious organism
what is intermittent
a case that is classified as suspected for reporting purpose.
what is suspected cases.
the vector uptakes the agent
what is biological transmission