Vaccines
A fear of this neurological disorder has caused many parents to mistakenly avoid vaccinating their children
What is autism?
The nonspecific branch of your immune system that triggers symptoms like fever and inflammation
What is innate immunity?
Pets must be vaccinated from this disease to be licensed
What is rabies?
Agency that controls outbreaks in the USA
Who is the CDC?
The father of modern epidemiology
Who was John Snow?
These vaccines inject a "recipe" into your cells to make proteins that look like they are from the pathogen
What is an mRNA vaccine?
This type of immunity comes from your mother- through the placenta and again during breastfeeding
What is natural passive acquired?
Public health measures involving mosquito elimination, herd inspection, and pet licensing
What is animal control?
Agency the approves medication and inspects food
Who is the FDA?
A disease that is common or typical in a certain region
What is endemic?
These vaccines inject a weakened form of the pathogen
What is an attenuated (or live) vaccine?
This type of immunity comes after you recover from a disease you caught
What is natural active acquired?
Public health measures involving meat packaging, restaurant inspections, and canned food testing
What is food safety?
Agency that funds health research
Who is the NIH?
Type of epidemiology that involves interviewing individuals to look for common risk factors or exposures
What is observational epidemiology?
These vaccines inject a "dead" or nonpathogenic form of the pathogen
What is an inactivated vaccine?
This type of immunity comes from how your body responds to receiving vaccinations
What is artificial active acquired?
Public safety measures that include filtration, fluoridation, and chlorination
What is water treatment?
Global health agency under the direction of the UN
Who is the WHO?
Spreading in a different way, such as drug-resistant tuberculosis
What is a re-emerging disease?
These vaccines inject proteins or other particles from the pathogen
What is a subunit vaccine?
This type of immunity comes from blood transfusions or immunoglobulin shots
What is artificial passive acquired?
Public health measures that include separation of sludge and effluence, burning the sludge and chlorinating the effluence
What is sewage treatment?
Federal department that oversees public health agencies
Who is the Department of Health and Human Services?
Type of epidemiology that involves large-scale data on charts, maps, or graphs
What is descriptive epidemiology?