Epidemiology
Study that involves answering "why" and "how" questions.
What is analytic epidemiology?
A person who has been diagnosed as having a disease, disorder, injury or condition.
What is a case?
An individual who has been exposed to and harbors a disease.
What is an active carrier?
Physical contact with contaminated persons.
What is direct transmission?
Occurs prior to exposure.
What is primary prevention?
Provides who, what, where, when, why of a state of health.
What is descriptive epidemiology
The first disease case in the population.
What is a primary case?
An individual who has been exposed to and harbors a disease but has not become ill.
What is a passive carrier?
When pathogens or agents are transferred by an intermediate item.
What is indirect transmission?
Requires behavior change.
What is active primary prevention?
Health-related state or event in a defined population over a given period of time.
What is an epidemic?
The first disease case brought to the attention of an epidemiologist.
What is an index case?
An individual who harbors a pathogen, is still in recovery and is still infectious.
What is convalescent carrier?
Invertebrate animal capable of transmitting infectious agent.
What is vector?
Does not require behavior change.
What is passive primary prevention?
Persistent, usual, expected health-related state or event in a population over a given period of time.
What is an endemic?
Persons who have become infected and ill after contact with the primary case.
What is a secondary case?
An individual who has been exposed to and harbors a pathogen; is in the beginning stages of the disease.
What is an incubatory carrier?
When an animal transmits a disease to a human.
What is zoonosis?
Occurs to reduce the progress of disease.
What is secondary prevention?
Epidemic affecting a large number of people in many countries, continents, or regions.
What is a pandemic?
An individual who has all the signs and symptoms of a disease but hs not been diagnosed.
What is a suspect case?
An individual who has been exposed to and harbors a pathogen; can spread the disease.
What is an intermittent carrier?
The habitat of whicch an infectious agent lives.
What is a reservoir?
Reduces the limitation of disablity from disease.
What is tertiary prevention?