Transmissions
A direct and immediate transfer of an agent from a host/reservoir to a susceptible host
What is Direct transmission?
an individual who has been exposed to and harbors a pathogen and who has done so for some time
Who is an Active carrier?
does not require change on the part of the individual in order to prevent disease or disorder from occurring
What is Passive primary prevention?
epidemic that's spread over multiple countries or continents.
What is a Pandemic?
A field of science that studies health problems within populations
What is Epidemiology?
transferred or carried by some intermediate to a susceptible host
What is Indirect transmission?
an infected person or animal that contains, spreads, or harbors an infectious organism.
What is a Carrier?
behavior change on the part of the individual that prevents a disease or disorder before it happens
What is Active Primary prevention?
disease that affects a large number of people within a community
What is an Epidemic?
studies measure the association between a particular exposure and a disease
What is Analytical Epidemiology?
transfer of a disease to a human by a vector
What is Vector-borne transmission?
individual who have been exposed to and harbor a pathogen but have not become ill or shown any of the symptoms
Who is a Passive carrier?
activities aimed at health screening and early detection
What is Secondary prevention?
(of a disease or condition) regularly found among particular people or in a certain area
What is an Endemic?
to produce a desired or intended result.
What is Efficacy?
transfer of a pathogen to a host by a vector, with the pathogen undergoing reproduction, developmental changes
What is Biological transmission?
individual who has been exposed to and harbors a pathogen and who can spread the disease at different places
Who is an Intermittent carrier?
efforts to limit disability by providing rehabilitation where disease, injury,
What is Tertiary prevention?
when victims of a common-source epidemic have contact with others and spread the disease
What is a Mixed epidemic?
to describe the distributions of diseases and determinant
What is Descriptive Epidemiology?
vector-borne disease transmission that spreads uses a host as a mechanism for a ride, nourishment, or as part of a transfer.
What is Mechanical transmission?
individual that harbors a pathogen and who, although in the recovery phase of the course of the disease, is still infectious.
Who is a Convalescent Carrier?
ways in which disease is transferred.
What are Modes of Transmission?
an infectious organism in vertebrate animals that can be transmitted to humans through contact, a fomite, or a vector
What is Zoonosis?
epidemics that arise from infections transmitted from one infected person to another
What is Propagated epidemic?