Terms
A disease that becomes larger in a specific area, the disease is common to a specific place and occurs suddenly. (Ebola)
What is an epidemic? Give an example?
Patient X
The two primary modes of transmission are indirect and direct contact.
What are the two primary modes of transmission?
A type of model that most use to understand the pathway of a disease.
What is the chain of infection?
A type of prevention that occurs BEFORE a disease happens, taking action to prevent disease.
What is Primary Prevention?
A disease that spreads thoroughly around the world and is not specified to one local region.
What is a pandemic?
A type of case that is the first ever documented and or detected for a disease.
What is an index case?
Direct contact is when a pathogen transfers by person-person contact and or through a droplet via coughing, sneezing, etc..
Indirect contact is when a pathogen is transmitted via inanimate objects such as a car handle and or through the air.
What is the difference between direct and indirect contact?
Examples of this include: mouth, skin, airway
What is the portal of entry?
Primary prevention
What is the most important prevention type?
A branch of epidemiology that focuses on three main topics, who, where, and when to help distinguish the patterns of disease.
What is descriptive epidemiology?
A type of case that has yet to be proven but is presented in someone and needs further testing for confirmation.
What is a suspect case?
A type of transmission that occurs when an infected individual carries the pathogen to a new person (ticks, mosquitoes, fleas).
What is a vector-borne transmission?
The pathogen that actually causes the disease (bacteria)
What is an infectious agent?
A type of prevention that occurs when a condition is already established however someone is trying to prevent long-term damage.
A mode of disease that is indirect and be transferred via objects such as food, water, and everyday items.
What is vehicle-borne transmission?
Primary is the initial case that starts the disease whereas secondary is the one who catches the disease from the primary source
What is the difference between primary and secondary cases?
A type of transmission where the pathogen is "driven" to a new host via inanimate objects such as car handles.
What is a vehicle - borne transmission?
Infectious agent, reservoir, portal of exit, mode of transmission, portal of entry, susceptible host
What is the order of the Chain of Infection?
Active and passive primary prevention.
What are the two subtypes of primary prevention?
A disease that is constant and lingers around a specified region of the world. (Malaria)
What is an endemic? What is an example?
Primary case is the person who brings the disease but is not noticed whereas the index case is a person who has the disease and actually reports it.
What is the difference between primary and index case?
7 modes
How many modes of transmission are there?
Examples: sneezing, coughing, skin breakage
What are portals of exit?
A type of prevention that occurs when a condition is in its beginning stages and preventative methods are used to halt it.
What is secondary prevention?