Chain of Infection
Known as the beginning of an infectious disease, some examples are, food, water and feces?
What is a Reservoir?
Disease particles traveling through air currents
What is Airborne Transmission?
Where a disease is widespread across the world and infecting a large number of people
What is a Pandemic?
Where health professionals determine an individuals illness that is linked to a case during an outbreak investigation. Also known as "Clinical Definition"
What is a Case Definition?
Main goal is to stop or prevent disease or injury before it occurs
What is Primary Prevention?
Pathogens leaving the skin through an insect bite, commonly by mesquites
What is Portal of Exit?
A indirect transmission of a disease through bites or a touch of a person
What is a Vector-Borne transmission
A virus, bacteria or a microorganisms that can cause a disease
What is a Pathogen?
The occurrence of a disease due to close contact among a primary case person after a 24-hour period
What is a Secondary Case?
The 3 levels of prevention
What is Primary, Secondary and Tertiary?
An indirect transmission to humans by a mosquito bite
What is Mode of Transmission
An indirect transmission of an infectious organism when in contact with another potential host
What is a Vehicle-Borne Transmission?
Is an increase of cases of a pathogen that effects a high number of people in a certain region, population or community
What is an Epidemic?
Diseases that can spread from person to person and also refers to the person who first brings a disease into a group
What is a Primary Case?
By detecting and treating the disease as soon as possible to minimize the spread
What is Secondary Prevention?
A pathogen or disease finding it's way to a new home
What is a Host?
Agent where it does not replicate or develop in or on a vector but simply transported by one vector to the other
What is a Mechanical Transmission?
A normal number of cases that has infected a certain region or small group of people/population
What is a Endemic?
Criteria used in decision making to determine whether a person has a disease or health event of interest
What is a Suspect Case?
Where an individual does not require any behavior change to prevent a disease from occurring
What is Passive Primary Prevention?
Pathogen able to infect a non-infected person
What is Portal of Entry?
Transmission in which an infectious agent is transferred to a person by a vector
What is Indirect Transmission?
A field of science that studies health problems within populations
What is Epidemiology?
Known as patient zero
What is Index Case?
The reduction in morbidity, complications or mortality
What is Tertiary Prevention?