Cases
The first person with the disease in a population
What is primary case?
The immediate transfer of an infection from one person to the next.
What is direct transmission?
The spread of a disease that is affecting multiple regions and countries over a fast period of time.
What is pandemic?
Preventing a disease before it happens
What is primary prevention?
The pathogen responsible for infection or disease
What is infectious agent?
A set of guidelines to determine if people are acquiring a certain disease or another infection.
What is case definition?
An infection that is carried through via food, water, or air to reach a host.
What is indirect transmission?
A spike of disease cases that quickly occur in a region.
What is epidemic?
What is active primary prevention?
When the agent enters the body through one's eyes, mouth, or skin
What is portal of entry?
A person who is classified with a disease
What is case?
When droplets are carried to a host through a cough or sneeze.
What is airborne transmission?
What is endemic?
The individual does not need to change their behavior
What is passive primary prevention?
A person or animal that the infection escapes from
What is reservoir?
A person infected who gets the attention of the epidemiologist.
What is index case?
When an insect is responsible for transferring infections to a host.
What is vector-borne transmission?
Occurs when a population affected by a common-source are having contact with one another.
What is mixed epidemic?
When health screening or detection device is necessary to identify the disease
What is secondary prevention?
When a pathogen travels out of the body
What is portal of exit?
A person who is displaying symptoms but not yet diagnosed.
What is suspect case?
An object or non-living thing that brings a germ or infection to a host.
What is vehicle-borne transmission?
The spread of an infection from one person to another.
What is propagated epidemic?
When rehabilitation is necessary as the disease caused damage to its host
What is tertiary prevention?
Examples of this include a cough or sneeze in order for the germ to travel.
What is mode of transmission?