-DEMICS
An epidemic spread worldwide
What is a pandemic?
People that are exposed intermittently or continuously to a common infection source
What is a common source?
Set of standard criteria for infection cases
What is case definition?
Field of science that studies health problems in populations
What is epidemiology?
Preventing disease before it even surfaces
What is primary prevention?
A common source and propagated epidemic
What is a mixed epidemic?
Objects that carry infection
Who is a fomite?
Refers to the first person to bring in a disease
What is primary case?
Searching for causes and effects
What is analytic epidemiology?
Stopping an infection before it can fully develop
What is secondary prevention?
An infection maintained in its geographical area
What is endemic?
Indirect transmission to another host by an object
What is vehicle-borne transmission?
Person who gets the disease from initial infected person
What is secondary case?
The agent, host, & environment
What is epidemiology triangle?
Immunization is an example of a preventative measure
What is passive primary prevention?
The first case groups identified from a particular infection
What is an index case?
Disease from animals to humans
What is zoonosis?
The first case groups identified from a particular infection
What is index case?
Analyzes and organizes data to describe variations of disease frequency
What is descriptive epidemiology?
Improving quality of life after being infected
What is tertiary prevention?
Origin of how -demics form
People that transmit infection before becoming sick
Who is an incubatory carrier?
Show probable symptoms of an infection
What is suspect case?
How useful the product or study has been surveyed
What is effectiveness?
When prevention is not available
What is rehabilitation?