Definitions
A method that is used to study what cause different diseases and other health problems in populations
What is Epidemiology?
Impacts exposure susceptibility and response
What is host?
Humans and maybe monkeys
What are reservoirs?
preventing any health problem before it happens
What is primary prevention?
occurs in a community or region
What is epidemic?
a way to study and organize data to see variations and frequencies of diseases over time
What is Descriptive Epidemiology?
A factor that causes disease
What is an agent?
indirect transmission to humans
Health promotion, health education or health protection
What is an example of primary prevention?
An ongoing disease in a community or region (has to be consistent)
What is endemic?
High fever, severe headache, backache, joint pains, nausea/ vomiting, eye pain and rash
What are symptoms of Dengue?
Physical, chemical and biological
What are three types of agent?
Through skin to blood
What is portal of entry?
Detecting the health problem early to minimize it from spreading
An epidemic that affects a region, country or even a continent
What is pandemics?
External conditions that influence the start of a disease
What is an environment?
The host, agent, environment, and time
What are the four factors involved?
skin
What is portal of exit?
A person breathing in anthrax
What is inhalation anthrax?
An acute disease that comes in two forms; dengue and dengue hemorrhagic fever.
What is dengue?
What is susceptible host?
Food, water and feces
What are three examples of reservoir?
Exercise, diet, and to stop smoking
What are examples of primary passive prevention?
A serious disease caused by a bacteria which is also known as Bacilius anthracis.
What is anthrax?