Case Study
What is a term used to describe an individual with a specific health condition?
what is a Case
What are objects that can carry and transmit pathogens from one person to another?
what is Fomites
What is a term for an outbreak where multiple disease cases occur simultaneously?
what is Mixed epidemic |
What are different types of individuals involved in disease transmission?
Primary case, Secondary case, Suspect case, Index case
What are strategies that aim to prevent the occurrence of diseases?
what is Primary prevention
What is the initial case of a disease called?
what is Index case
What are objects or substances that can harbor and transmit pathogens?
what is Vectors
What is the mode of transmission where a disease is directly transmitted from one person to another?
what is Direct transmission
What is the mode of transmission where a disease is indirectly transmitted through an intermediary?
what is Indirect transmission
What is the difference between active primary prevention and passive primary prevention?
Active primary prevention requires active participation, while passive primary prevention occurs without direct effort from individuals.
What is a suspected case of a disease called?
what is Secondary case
What is the relationship between vectors and reservoirs?
Vectors are organisms that transmit diseases from reservoirs to susceptible hosts
What is the mode of transmission where a disease is transmitted through vectors?
Vector-borne transmission
What is the term for an individual who can transmit a pathogen but does not show symptoms?
what is Carrier
What are the various modes of transmission of diseases?
Direct transmission, Indirect transmission, Airborne transmission, Vector-borne transmission, Vehicle-borne transmission, Mechanical transmission, Biological transmission
What are the modes of transmission for diseases carried by vehicles?
what is Vehicle-borne transmission
What is the mode of transmission where diseases are transmitted through vehicles?
what is Vehicle-borne transmission
What is the mode of transmission where diseases are transmitted through an intermediary object?
Mechanical transmission
What is the mode of transmission where diseases are transmitted through living organisms?
what is Biological transmission
What are the different modes of transmission of diseases?
Direct transmission, Indirect transmission, Airborne transmission, Vector-borne transmission, Vehicle-borne transmission, Mechanical transmission, Biological transmission
What is the term for an individual who is infected with a pathogen, has recovered, but still carries the pathogen and can transmit it to others?
what is Convalescent carrier
What is the term for an individual who is infected with a pathogen and can transmit it to others during the incubation period before symptoms appear?
Incubatory carrier
What is the term for the mode of transmission where diseases are spread through the air and can travel long distances?
what is Airborne transmission
What is the term for the process by which a pathogen passes through a series of stages to infect a susceptible host, involving a sequence of events and interactions?
what is Chain of infection
What are the portals through which a pathogen exits the human body and enters another host or the environment?
what is Portal of exit and portal of entry