Prevention
An attempt to prevent a disease or disorder from developing.
What is primary prevention?
A person who has been in contact with a disease-causing pathogen for an extended period of time despite recovering from the disease.
What is an active carrier?
The first disease case in the population.
What is the primary case?
The transfer of a disease to a person by a vector
What is the vector-borne transmission?
When an increase in the amount of cases of disease occurs is above expected and predicted amount for the population.
What is an epidemic?
behavior change from an individual that prevents a disease or disorder from occurring or developing.
What is active primary prevention?
A person that has been exposed to and carries a pathogen but does not exhibit illness or symptoms of the disease.
What is a healthy carrier?
an individual who is exposed to contact with the primary case after the disease has entered the population.
What is a secondary case?
the transfer of a disease from a "vehicle". ex. needle
What is a vehicle-borne transmission?
an epidemic that arises from a specific source.
What is a common-source epidemic?
does not require behavior change from the person to prevent a disease from developing.
What is passive primary prevention?
A person who carries a pathogen and is still infectious during the recovery phase.
What is a convalescent carrier?
A person or group who all show signs of symptoms a disease who hasn't been diagnosed
What is a suspect case?
The direct and immediate transfer of an agent from a host. (physical contact)
What is a direct transmission?
an epidemic that extends to other populations, regions, countries, or continents.
What is a pandemic?
Actions aimed at health screening and early detection to improve the chances to cure and reduce the chances of disease or disorder.
What is secondary prevention?
What is an incubatory carrier?
the first disease case on record by an epidemiologist.
What is an index case?
A disease that causes an agent to be transferred or harbored by an organism.
What is indirect transmission?
the ongoing, usual, or constant presence of a disease in a community or a group
What is an endemic?
Attempts to limit a disability by use of rehabilitation where disease, injury, or disorder occurred.
What is tertiary prevention?
A person that has been exposed to a pathogen which is transmittable at different intervals.
What is an intermittent carrier?
a report of the signs, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and outcome for an individual patient.
What is a case report?
transfer of bacteria or viruses through air particles that may become aerosolized when a person aspirates. The disease is capable of being passed into the body by this.
What is an airborne transmission?
When victims of a common source have direct contact with others and spread the disease.
What is a mixed epidemic?