Prevention
Preventing injuries or diseases before they can occur. Example: not smoking
What is primary prevention?
An infectious disease that is spread from animals to humans.
What is zoonosis?
How a pathogen, can be transferred via an object, an animal, and or human to another.
What is modes of transmission?
Looks and measures at the relationship between a certain type of exposure and a disease by using details that is collected from various individuals.
What is analytic epidemiology?
Direct exposure to the outbreak source.
What is primary case?
Identifying and treating injury and or disease early in order to treat it early.
Example: blood pressure checks
What is secondary prevention?
An infected individual who can transmit the disease to others. They may or may not show signs or symptoms of their infection.
What is active carrier?
When an infectious pathogen is transferred from a reservoir to a susceptible host either through direct contact or droplet spread. Example: touching
What is direct transmission?
Creates hypotheses and answers the questions in regards to the specifics of diseases and infections such as what, when, and where.
What is descriptive epidemiology?
Individual who contracts a disease from exposure to a person with the disease.
What is secondary case?
An individual being personally involved in their health.
Example: lifestyle changes
What is active primary prevention?
Individuals who can spread the agent during it's incubation period. Before the illness begins.
What is an incubatory carrier?
The transfer of an infectious agent from a reservoir to a host through hanging air particles.
What is indirect transmission?
A model to display a theory for a disease causation. Shows an external agent, a susceptible host, and an environment.
What is an epidemiology triangle?
A case that is categorized as suspected for purposes of reporting.
What is suspect case?
Treatment to lessen the severity and impact of disease and or injury. Done by managing and reducing suffering. Improving quality of life. And lengthening possible years of quality life.
What is tertiary prevention?
An individual who never shows signs or symptoms of the disease. But are capable of infecting others. Aka "classic" asymptomatic carriers.
What is healthy or passive carriers?
Spread through small respiratory droplets such as talking or laughing.
What is airborne transmission?
The quick spread of a disease to a high amount of people within a specific period of time.
What is epidemic?
Also known as patient zero.
What is index case?
Prevention method before the development of a chronic disease achieved by reducing the risk factors for development.
What is passive primary prevention?
Individuals who have recovered from their disease. But, do remain capable of transmitting the disease to others.
What is convalescent carrier?
Disease that happens from an infection spread to humans and blood-sucking creatures.
What is vector-borne transmission?
Shows traits of both common source and secondary person-to-person spread.
What is mixed epidemic?
Has requirements for time, place, person, clinical features. Public health professionals choose if such person's case is to be included in the outbreak through investigative means.
What is case definition?