Epidemiology Basics
This type of epidemiology studies the distribution of disease by person, place, and time.
What is Descriptive Epidemiology?
A sudden increase in disease cases in a community or region.
What is an Epidemic?
A person identified as having a particular disease.
What is a Case?
A disease-causing microorganism.
What is a Pathogen?
Actions taken before disease develops to prevent it.
What is Primary prevention?
This type of epidemiology investigates the causes and risk factors of disease.
What is Analytic Epidemiology?
An epidemic that spreads across several countries or continents.
What is a Pandemic?
The standard criteria used to determine whether someone has a disease.
What is a Case definition?
A nonliving object capable of transmitting disease.
What is a Fomite?
Receiving a vaccine to prevent disease is an example of this.
What is Active primary prevention?
The field of science that studies health problems within populations.
What is Epidemiology?
The constant presence of a disease in a population or area.
What is Endemic?
The first person who brings a disease into a population.
What is a Primary case?
An organism such as a mosquito or tick that spreads disease.
What is a Vector?
Receiving antibodies from another source for immediate protection.
What is Passive primary prevention?
The ability of an intervention to work under ideal conditions.
What is Efficacy?
An outbreak where everyone is exposed to the same source.
What is a Common-source epidemic?
The first recognized case reported during an outbreak.
What is an Index case?
The natural habitat where a pathogen normally lives and grows.
What is a Reservoir?
Early detection and treatment of disease through screening.
What is Secondary prevention?
The ability of an intervention to work in real-world settings.
What is Effectiveness?
An epidemic spread from person to person over time.
What is a Propagated epidemic?
A person who becomes infected after contact with the primary case.
What is a Secondary case?
A disease that can be transmitted from animals to humans.
What is a Zoonosis?
Measures taken to reduce disability and restore function after disease.
What is Tertiary prevention (Rehabilitation)?