The Study Of
The study of health problems within populations. Prevention and control of health problems.
Epidemiology
Preventing a disease or disorder before it happens
Primary Prevention.
Disease outbreak affecting large populations of people. Whole regions, countries, or a whole continent.
Pandemic
Organism or region where an infectious pathogen lives.
Resevoirs
Quantifying the association between exposures and outcomes in health relationships.
Analytical Epidemiology
Requires behavioral change on the individual's part in terms of preventative care.
Active Primary Prevention
Disease that exists permanently in a specific region.
Endemic
Site where micro-organism leaves the host.
Portal of Exit.
The characterization of the distribution of health related states or events.
Detecting a disease early and attempting to halt its spread. Trying to stop it from getting worse.
Secondary Prevention
An outbreak spread through several communities overtime. Several cases.
Epidemic
How micro-organisms are moved from one location to another.
Mode of Transmission