Transmission
How an infectious agent transfers from one carrier to another
What are modes of transmission
Preventing a disease or injury
What is primary prevention
What is an active carrier
An individual that has been diagnosed with a health state or event.
What is a case
An object that can harbor disease agents and are able to transmit the agents
What is fomite
Infectious agents carried by air droplets or dust
What is airborne transmission
When an individual changes their behavior to prevent an illness
What is an active primary prevention
Not showing signs of being infected
What is healthy/passive carrier
First disease case in a population
An invertebrate animal that transmits infectious agents to humans
What is a vector
Transmission of an infectious agent without any direct human contact
What is indirect transmisssion
No behavior change required for the prevention of an illness
What is passive primary prevention
Carriers who have recovered from the initial illness but still are able to pass it to others
What is a convalescent carrier
An individual who becomes infected due to contact with the primary case
What is a secondary case
Where an infectious agent lives
What is reservoir
Insects that can transmit infectious agents
What is vector-borne transmission
Detecting an illness and trying to prevent it from becoming worse
What is secondary prevention
An individual that harbors a pathogen occasionally
What is an intermittent carrier
Having signs of a disease but not having been diagnosed of the suspected disease
What is a suspect case
An inanimate object that helped in the transmission of a pathogen
What is a vehicle
Transmission is carried in an object or a fomite
What is a vehicle-borne transmission
Already being affected by a disease and focusing on improving the quality of life
What is tertiary prevention
Individuals that spread pathogen during the incubation period even before signs of illness are shown
What is incubatory carrier
Criteria that is applied to allow to classify of certain diseases or conditions
What is the case definition
The infectious agent that is in a vertebrate animal which can be transmitted to humans
What is zoonosis