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Primary prevention
prevention of a disease from becoming established
Efficacy
self esteem
Case
A study that compares two groups of people
Epidemiology triangle
the traditional model for infectious disease.
Carrier
a person that has inherited a recessive allele for a genetic trait
Active primary prevention
prevent injury or disease before it ever occurs
Epidemic
an outbreak of disease that spreads quickly
Case definition
an instance of a particular situation
Fomite
any inanimate object
Active carrier
Overt clinical symptoms or disease apparent
Passive primary prevention
strategies that do not require action for protection
pandemic
an infectious disease that spreads throughout human population across a region.
Primary case
Vector
A measurement with magnitude and direction
Healthy or passive carriers
No symptoms, can still infect
Secondary prevention
Identifying disease before problem becomes serious
Endemic
a relatively low but constant occurrence of a disease
Secondary case
A person who gets a disease from exposure to a person with the disease, or primary case
Reservoir
an artificial lake where water is stored
Convalescent carrier
recuperating without symptoms still infectious
Tertiary prevention
Preventing diseases
Propagated
Worse than common source epidemic
Suspect case
standard to determine if the suspect with all of the signs and symptoms of a disease or condition is posetive
Zoonosis
a disease naturally transmitted from animals to humans
Incubatory carrier
beginning stages of the disease and infectious