Terms
A field of science that studies health issues within populations
What is epidemiology?
Discovered that yellow fever is transmitted by a particular mosquito species.
Who is Walter Reed?
A microorganism that causes an infectious disease.
What is a host?
Their work contributed to the understanding of the molecular structures of DNA, RNA, viruses, coal, and graphite.
Who is Rosalind Franklin?
A model that scientists use to study infectious diseases and how they spread.
They used the DDT in the control of vector diseases such as malaria and yellow fever.
Who is Paul Muller?
A factor of the epidemiology triangle that is a location, temperature, and surroundings.
What is the environment?
Known for there work on the transmission of malaria.
Who is Ronald Ross?
1. infectious agent
2. reservoir
3. portal of exit
4. mode of transmission
5. portal of entry
6. susceptible host
What is the chain of infection?
One of the main founders of modern bacteriology and identified the specific causative agents of tuberculosis.
Who is Robert Koch?