Disease Transmission
Communicable diseases spread through direct, indirect, droplet, or _______ transmission.
What is airborne?
A disease that is constantly present in a specific geographic area.
What is endemic?
Pertussis is caused by this type of pathogen.
What is a bacterium?
Respirations of greater than or equal to _____ is a marker for Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS).
What is 20/min?
A host must be infected with Hepatitis B Virus before infection of this type of Hepatitis is possible.
Hepatitis D Virus
Droplets can travel up to this many feet before falling.
What is 6 feet?
A sudden increase in the number of cases in a community or region.
What is an epidemic?
This highly contagious disease presents with fever, whooping cough, and vomiting.
What is pertussis?
Heart rate of greater than or equal to _____ is a marker for Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS).
What is 90 bmp?
Mononucleosis is caused by this virus.
What is Epstein-Barr virus?
A mosquito carrying West Nile virus is an example of this.
What is a vector?
A disease that spreads globally or across continents.
What is a pandemic?
Coryza is a key prodromal symptom of this airborne-transmitted disease.
What is measles?
O2 sats of less than or equal to _____ is a marker for septic shock.
What is 92%?
This STI is most common in the U.S. and often presents with no symptoms in women.
What is chlamydia?
The body's ability to resist infection after exposure is called this.
What is host resistance?
The time between exposure to a pathogen and appearance of symptoms.
What is the incubation period?
A patient with intense muscle pain and travel to West Africa may have this.
What is Ebola?
EtCO2 of less than or equal to _____ is a marker for septic shock.
what is 25?
This virus is transmitted via blood and causes chronic liver disease, but has no vaccine.
What is hepatitis C?
The term for inanimate objects like doorknobs that harbor pathogens.
What are fomites?
The period when an infected person can spread the disease.
What is the communicable period?
This is the most common complication of mumps in males.
What is orchitis?
List 3 elements from box 1 of sepsis criteria.
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Unlike hepatitis B and C, this form of hepatitis is usually spread through fecal-oral transmission, not blood.
What is hepatitis A?