What type of immunity?
Immunity you’re born with, not due to vaccination or prior illness
Natural Immunity
What are the 2 main types of transmission?
Direct and Indirect
How many epidemiologic models are there?
5 total
Baby receives antibodies through breast milk- what kind of immunity?
Passive
The Chain of Infection includes a portal of exit and portal of entry
True
Type of immunity that protects a community when most are vaccinated
What is herd immunity?
Disease spreads when people touch contaminated surfaces, what specific kind of transmission is this?
Contact transmission (direct)
What are the 3 factors in the Epidemiology Triangle
Host, Agent and Environment
Community avoids measles outbreak because 95% are vaccinated- what type of immunity?
Herd
Vector transmission requires a living organism to carry the pathogen
True
Immunity that works against similar but different pathogens
Cross Immunity
What kind of direct transmission involves a disease spreading via coughing or sneezing into the air
Droplet Transmission
Which model consists of the host in center with spokes for social, biological, and environmental factors?
Wheel Model of Causation
Malaria spreads in a village via mosquitos- what mode of transmission?
Vector (indirect)
Receiving a vaccination is an example of acquired immunity
True
Immunity produced by your own immune system after exposure.
Active immunity
What mode of transmission is this?
Transmitted through physical contact, such as a fly landing on food
Vector Transmission (Indirect)
What are some common portals of entry in the chain of infection model?
Body openings, mouth, eyes, urinary tract, incicions, wounds, respiratory tract
Patient had the flu for a week and finally starts to feel better. They are no longer contagious and feels mostly back to normal- what stage of disease?
Convalescence
The core of the wheel model of causation includes the host and its ethinicity
False
Immunity passed from mother to baby via placenta or breast milk.
Passive Immunity
What kind of transmission could cause a disease like salmonella? (from contaminated food)
Vehicle
In the 4 stages of disease, what stage describes when the person is MOST infectious, but shows no signs or symptoms
Prodromal Stage
A 65-year-old patient in the hospital has MRSA. The bacteria leave an infected patient’s wound, are carried on a nurse’s hands and medical equipment, and enter another patient’s surgical incision, who has a weakened immune system- what is the portal of entry?
The patients surgical wound
The incubation period in the 4 stages of disease describes when the person is the most infectious
False