Types of Epidemics
A pandemic that arises from a specific source
What is common-source epidemics?
The first disease case in the population
What is a primary case?
The direct and imme-diate transfer of an infectious agent from one person to another
What is direct transmission?
Preventing a disease or disorder before it happens.
What is primary prevention?
The individual who has been exposed to and harbors a disease-causing organism even if they have recovered.
What is an active carrier?
The ongoing, usual, or constant presence of a dis-ease in a community or among a group of peo-ple
What is an endemic?
A person in a population who has been identified as having a particular disease, disorder, injury, or condition.
What is a case?
When an agent is transferred or carried by some intermediate item, organism, means, or process to a susceptible host, resulting in disease.
What is indirect transmission?
The aiming to find at the health screening and detection activities used to identify disease.
What is secondary prevention?
The type of Individual who has been exposed to, harbors a pathogen, and who can spread the disease in different places/at different intervals.
What is intermittent carrier?
An epidemic affecting or attacking the population of an extensive region, country, or continent
What is a pandemic?
Is found by looking at several variables that are effective measures of an illness.
What is case severity?
When any lice, mosquito, etc. conveys the infection agent. It does not cause the disease itself but is responsible for transmitting the pathogen to a host.
What is vector-borne transmission?
The attempt to restore an afflicted person to a useful, productive, and satisfying lifestyle.
What is rehabilitation?
The type of individual who has been exposed to and harbors a pathogen, in the beginning stages of the disease, displaying symptoms, and has the ability to transmit the disease.
What is an incubatory carrier?
The arisal from infections transmitted from one infected person to another
What is a propagated epidemic?
An individual or group who has all of the signs and symptoms of a disease or condition yet has not been diagnosed as having the disease.
What is a suspect case?
When the pathogen undergoes changes as part of its life cycle while within the host or vector and before being transmitted to the new host.
What is biological transmission?
The requirement of changed behavior in the individual.
What is active primary prevention?
The type of individual who has been exposed to and harbors a pathogen but hasnt become ill or shown any of the symptoms of the disease.
What is passive carrier/healthy carrier?
The occurrence of cases of an illness, specific health-related behavior, or other health-related events clearly in excess of normal expectancy in a community or region.
What is an epidemic?
The first disease case brought to the attention of the epidemiologist.
What is an index case?
When a pathogen such as cholera or shigellosis is carried in drinking water, swimming pools, streams, or lakes used for swimming.
What is vehicle-borne transmission?
The consistency of limiting any disability by providing rehabilitation when a disease, injury, or disorder has already occurred and caused damage.
What is tertiary prevention?
The type of individual who harbors a pathogen and although they are in the recovery phase of the course of the disease are still infectious.
What is convalescent carrier?