Modern Epi
What prevented smallpox because they are closely related. Credited as first vaccine.
Susceptible host, subclinical, clinical, recovery/death/disability
What are the four stages of disease?
Non-communicable disease
What type of diseases are characterized by non-contagious nature?
Heart disease, cancer, diabetes
What are 3 leading chronic diseases?
Disease Detective
What is another name for an epidemiologist?
Semmelweis reflex
Vertical transmission
What is infectious disease transmission among material line (e.g., material transmission through milk).
Communicable Diseases
What are diseases that can be spread or
transmitted directly or indirectly from
humans, animals
Polio
An example of a viral condition (acute infectious disease) that can cause long-term permanent consequences?
Outbreak
What is often defined as an epidemic, but considered to be less sensationalized or more limited in scope?
Typhoid Mary
Who was a famously studied individual who had asymptomatic typhoid?
Fastigium
What do we call when a disease is at maximum severity/intensity?
Tetanus
What is an example of an infectious, non-communicable disease?
Health belief model
What model suggests that behavior change
-requires rationale decision making process that considered perceived susceptibility to illness.
-Perceived consequences/seriousness of
illness
-Belief that recommended action is
appropriate
-Believe benefits of action outweighs the
costs
Prepare for fieldwork
What is the first step in a field investigation?
Beriberi
What condition can occur when individuals have a B1 (Thiamine) deficiency? Can occur from a poor diet of eating mostly white rice or highly refined foods.
Congenital Syphilis
What is an example of an infectious disease that can be vertically transmitted?
Infectious communicable disease
What is it called when invading pathogens cause diseases, and can be passed between people
Drugs, acids, alkali, heavy metals, poisons
What are several chemicals in the environment that can cause chronic disease?
Develop hypotheses
What is the 7th step in field investigation?
John Snow
Who investigated the Broad Street Epidemic and theorized that water was carrying cholera bacteria and not "miasma".
Defervescence
Indirect horizontal transmission
What is transmission of an infectious agent from infected person to susceptible individual by means of vector (e.g., mosquito), air (e.g., droplet), or even fomite?
Latency period
This is sometimes used in place of "incubation" in reference to chronic diseases?
Number of new cases/total population at risk x100