Widespread or minor?
More than expected increase in endemic cases.
Someone who is infected and can spread the disease to others. May or may not present symptoms.
What is an Active carrier?
Infectious agent is spread through kissing, skin-to-skin, sexual intercourse.
What is direct transmission?
Aims to avoid disease/disability before it happens.
What is Primary prevention?
Tool used to address an external agent, host, and environment that spread diseases.
What is epidemiology triangle?
Occurring occasionally at irregular times, scattered/ isolated geographically.
What is a Sporadic outbreak?
Someone who is not infected but still CAN spread the disease to others.
What is healthy/ passive carrier?
Infectious agent is spread through air particles, inanimate objects, or animate intermediaries.
What is indirect transmission?
Aims to avoid disease/disability by educating the public of harmful risks of certain behaviors or implementing laws.
What is active primary prevention?
An object that is likely to carry infectious agents. (clothing)
What is fomite?
The constant presence of disease, generally at a low level pertained to a certain population in a geographical region.
What is Endemic?
Someone who has been infected but have recovered but can still spread the disease.
What is convalescent carrier?
Infectious agent is spread through droplets let in the air. Coughing/sneezing/laughing produces these droplets
What is airborne transmission?
Aims to avoid disease/disability without any behavior change.
What is passive primary prevention?
A disease/ illness that can be spread from humans to animals.
What is zoonosis?
Sudden increase in case #’s above the expected increase value.
What is epidemic?
Someone who is infected but usually shows no signs of illness YET and can spread the disease to others.
What is incubatory carrier?
Infectious agent is spread through insect bites
What is vector-borne transmission?
The act of trying to find illness/disease early and prevent worsening symptoms.
What is Secondary prevention?
When infectious occurs after a group have encounter the same source of infection.
What is common source?
An epidemic that has spread over multiple countries or continents.
What is Pandemic?
Someone who is infected from infectious agent from time to time but not continuously.
What is intermittent carrier?
Infectious agent is spread through vehicles (food, water)
What is vehicle-borne transmission?
Focuses on already infected people and tries to improve quality of life/ cure them.
What is tertiary prevention?
When infection occurs through direct and indirect contact from person to person.
What is propagated?