Mode of Transmission
An invertebrate animal that can transmit disease
What is a vector?
an individual that has a been identified to have a particular disease or condition
What is a case?
This type of prevention involves the prevention of a disease before it occurs.
What is primary prevention?
The direct transfer of a disease from one person to another.
What is direct transmission?
A person that contains a pathogen from a period of time.
What is an active carrier?
A nonliving object that can contain an infectious agent.
What is a fomite?
The first person identified to have a particular disease or condition.
What is a primary case?
This type of prevention involves the halting of disease progression in an individual.
What is secondary prevention?
The transmission of an infectious agent by clothing or air.
What is indirect transmission?
A person that is infected with a pathogen and is still infectious and are recovering from the infection.
What is a convalescent carrier?
A habitat that can hold and allow the infectious agent to multiply.
What is a reservoir?
An individual that has contracted a disease from the first infected individual.
What is a secondary case?
This method of prevention involve the affected individual to change their behavior to prevent a disease or condition.
What is active primary prevention?
The transfer of an infectious agent by an arthropod such as malaria.
What is vector-borne transmission?
An asymptomatic individual that carries the pathogen.
What is a healthy carrier?
An individual or animal that can carry an infectious agent but does not show any signs or symptoms.
What is a carrier?
An individual that displays all of the clinical manifestations of a disease but has not been offically diagnosed with the disease.
What is a suspected case?
This type of prevention involves rehab, surgery or a form of education for the individual to slow down the progression of a disease or condition.
What is tertiary prevention?
The transmission of an infectious agent via droplets or dust that is infected.
What is airborne transmission?
An infected individual that is in the beginning stages of the infection and is contagious.
What is an incubatory carrier?
An infectious agent that can be transmitted from animal to human
What is zoonosis?
These set of parameters ensure that all cases are consistently diagnosed.
What is a case definition?
This type of prevention involve no change in behavior from an individual.
What is passive primary prevention?
A nonliving object that can hold the infectious agent and transmit it to a host.
What is vehicle-born transmission?
An individual that can carry a pathogen and can spread the disease at different intervals of time.
What is an intermittent carrier?