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Oh-Case?
Oh-Case?
A person who has a particular disease, disorder, or injury
What is a case?
Humans or animals vulnerable to a disease
What is a host?
Non-living objects that can harbor different pathogens
What are fomites?
This type of disease is confined to a geographic region
What is an endemic?
This is related to health promotion, health education, and health protection in order to prevent a disease from happening
What is primary prevention?
Patient A exhibited the first disease in a population, and is this type of case.
What is the primary case?
The life expectancy of the host or pathogen
What is time?
Tuberculosis is an example of this type of disease
What is an airborne disease?
Influenza during the Winter months is an example of this
What is an epidemic?
This requires behavioral changes within an individual
What is active primary prevention?
After a disease has been introduced into a population, this person become sick
What is the secondary case?
Biological, chemical, and physical circumstances
What are causative factors?
This requires physical contact between an infected person and a susceptible host, that results in physical transfer of infectious agent
What is Direct Transmission?
Tetanus, rabies, and the plague in the U.S. occurs occasionally and without geographic concentration, making them examples of this
What is sporadic?
This form of prevention limits any disabilities once a disease, injury, or disorder has already occurred and caused damage
What is tertiary prevention?
This is the first disease brought to the attention of the epidemiologist
What is the index case?
Surroundings and conditions that influence opportunity for disease exposure or transmission
What is environment?
The habitat in which infectious agents can live, grow, and multiply
What is a reservoir?
This is an epidemic but in a limited geographical area
What is an outbreak?
This type of prevention involves health screening and detection to prevent the progression of a disease
What is secondary prevention?
This is measured by the extent of the disabled, likelihood of recovery, how long a person is sick, and how much care someone needs
What is case severity?
Bacteria, Viruses, Fungi, Parasites and molds are all examples of these
What are infectious agents?
Ticks, mites, and mosquitoes that transmit infections are all examples of this
What is a vector?
A type of Epidemic that spreads over multiple countries or continents
What is a pandemic?
This is used to promote the highest quality of life by restoring a troubled individual to a useful, productive, and satisfying lifestyle
What is rehabilitation?