Flu terms
How many different types of the flu are there?
What are four types, A, B, C and D.
The natural history of disease is
What is the path an illness takes to cause sickness in a person?
The most common ways children catch the flu while at school include
What is coughing and sneezing?
How you can protect yourself from catching the flu?
What is washing your hands and staying away from those who are sick?
The study of the distribution of illnesses and how to control them
What is epidemiology?
Influenza is classified as
What is a virus?
The flu enters the body through
What is eyes, nose, and ears?
What is the term for transmission when one touches someone who is sick?
What is direct transmission?
How can you protect others if you have the flu?
What is covering your mouth when you cough and wash your hands?
Epidemiologists study
What are patterns, factors, prevention, and control of health problems?
Symptoms of the flu include
What are fever, coughing, sneezing, chills, or a runny nose?
The period of time from when one is infected to when one displays symptoms of being sick
What is the incubation period?
Vehicle transmission means what?
What is infection through touching a dirty surface
Activities that occur before a health event to prevent sickness is called what?
What is primary prevention?
The term for who is affected by the illness
What is distribution?
Something that should be done each year to protect yourself and others from the flu
What is getting a flu shot?
The fastigium period is
What is the period in the infection course when you feel the sickest?
People who are sick with the flu but do not have symptoms are called what?
What are passive carriers
What is an example of secondary prevention of the flu?
What is screening or testing for the flu?
Determinants of the flu are
What is the influenza virus?
A virus is
What is a germ that can make people sick?
The period where you are feeling back to your normal self after being sick
What is defection period?
Airborne transmission is
What is transmission by air or dust?
Giving medicine to a person who is sick is what type of prevention?
What is tertiary prevention?
When everyone gets a vaccine, the population has
What is herd immunity?