Prevention
preventing the onset of disease
What is "primary prevention"
a set of standard criteria for classifying whether a person has a particular disease, syndrome, or other health condition
What is "case definition"
disease transmission through small particulates that can be transmitted through the air over time and distance
What is "airborne transmission"
corresponds to an epidemic that has spread over multiple countries/continets and usually affects a large number of people
What is "pandemic"
one who harbors a pathogenic organism for a clinically significsnt time and is able to pass the infection to others
What is "active carrier"
to put an end to a disease before it fully develops
What is "secondary prevention"
refers to the person who first brings a disease into a group of people
What is "primary case"
occurs when the pathogen reproduces within a biologiclal vector that transmits the pathogen from one host to another
What is "biological transmission"
belongs to a particular people or population, confined to natural or natives of a place or population of people
What is "endemic"
those who have recovered from their illness but remain capable of transmitting to others
What is "convalescent carrier"
a type of prevention for individuals who already have the disease
What is "tertiary prevention"
a person who gets a disease from exposure to a person with the disease, or primary case
What is "secondary case"
the transfer of pathogens from an infected host or a contanminated substrate to a susceptible host, biological association is not necessary
What is "mechanical transmission"
refers to a generally sudden increase in number of cases of a disease above the normally expected level within a community, population, or region
What is "epidemic"
those who can transmit the agent during the "incubation' period before illness begins
What is "incubatory carrier"
requires behavioral changes on the individuals part
What is "active primary prevention"
clinical signs and symptons but no labs to prove evidence of disease
What is "suspect case"
when an insect acquires a pathogen from one animal and transmits it to another animal or human
What is "vector-borne transmission"
some epidemics have features of both common-source epidemics and propagated epidemics.
What is "mixed epidemic"
individuals who have been exposed to and harbor a pathogen and can spread the disease at different places or intervals
What is "intermittent carrier"
exercise, dieting, if an individual stops smoking these are all examples of?
What is "passive primary prevention"
first identified case in a group of related cases of a particular disease
What is "index case"
indirect transmission of an infectious agent that occurs when a vehicle touches a person's body or is ingested
What is "vehicle-borne transmission"
the extent to which something is successful in producing desired results
What is "effectiveness"
a person contaminated with the pathogen and can mechanically transmit it to another host, but is not infected
What is "healthy or passive carriers"