Epidemiology and outbreaks
an epidemic affecting large populations globally
What is a pandemic?
uninterrupted and immediate transfer of infectious agent from person to person
What is direct transmission?
someone who is infected as a result of contact with the primary case
What is a secondary case?
an infectious organism in vertebrate animals that can be transmitted to humans
What is zoonosis?
What is primary prevention?
an epidemiological research method that collections information about who, what, where, and when the health-related event happened
What is descriptive epidemiology?
What is indirect transmission?
an individual with all the signs and symptoms of disease or conditions but hasn't been diagnosed
What is a suspect case?
person or animal that contains, spreads, or harbors an infectious organism
What is a carrier?
What is secondary prevention?
type of epidemiological study method that identifies and quantifies associations, as well as test hypotheses
What is analytic epidemiology?
droplets or dust particles carry pathogen to host's respiratory system
What is airborne transmission?
first case brought to the attention of the epidemiologist
What is the index case?
What is a reservoir?
attempts to restore someone to a satisfying lifestyle following the debilitating affects of condition
What is rehabilitation?
a higher than-normal occurrence of an illness or health-related behavior in a community or region
What is an epidemic?
the pathogen spreads through a host a mechanism for ride or nourishment
This ensures that cases are consistently diagnosed, regardless of where or when they were identified and who diagnosed them.
What is a case definition?
inanimate object that can harbor an infectious agent and can therefore transmit disease
behavior changes
What is active primary prevention?
usual, recurring illness or health-related state in a community over a given period of time
What is endemic?
pathogen undergoes lifecycle changes within host/vector before transmission to a new host
What is case severity?
an invertebrate animal transmitting infection by conveying infectious agent from one host to another (ex: mosquito)
What is a vector?
What is tertiary prevention?