Epidemiology Terminology
A type of bacterium, virus, or any other microorganisms that have the ability to create disease.
What is a Pathogen
Organisms, usually a biting insect, animal, or tick, that can transmit a disease or parasite from one animal or plant to another.
What is a Vector
An individual in a population that has been recognized to have a certain disease, disorder, condition, or injury.
What is a Case
The act to try to restore an exasperate person to be in a more useful, productive, and healthy lifestyle.
What is Rehabilitation
When the transmission occurs due to physical contact between an infected person and a susceptible person.
What is a Direct Transmission
A widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community or region at a certain time.
What is an Epidemic
A disease that is able to spread from animals to humans.
What is Zoonosis
A person or people who present all signs and symptoms of a disease or condition but technically not been diagnosed with the disease
What is a Suspect Case
Level of prevention that aims to depend on the health screening and detection of any activities that are required to identify disease; to find early and prevent spreading any further.
What is Secondary Prevention
When transmission occurs through small particulates that can be transmitted through the air in the environment over time and distance.
What is an Airborne Transmission
A disease that is presented and spread in an extensive region such as a whole country or the world.
What is a Pandemic
Any objects or materials that are more likely to transport infection (such as clothes, door handles, utensils, and furniture)
What is a Fomite
In an epidemic, the first documented patient that has the disease within a population in an epidemiological study that has been observed by an epidemiologist.
What is an Index Case
Level of prevention that does force minor and major changes to how an individual has chosen to live. (Examples include exercising, no longer smoking, and watching what you eat).
What is Active Primary Prevention
Occurs when there is no direct physical human-to-human contact; the infectious agent attacked the individual by a fomite.
What is an Indirect Transmission
A disease or condition that is found and ongoing among certain people or area (usually there and never fully goes away).
What is an Endemic
People who find themselves on the road to recovery from their illness but remain infectious and are still capable of transmitting to others.
What is a Convalescent Carrier
When an epidemic occurs, the first case of someone having that disease in the population.
What is a Primary Case
Level of prevention that has the goal to stop the progression of a disorder from strengthening and providing aggressive and extensive care.
What is Tertiary Prevention
Occurs when a vector grasps the agent usually when involved in a blood containing meal from an infected animal; it has the ability to replicate it and/or develops it, then regurgitates the pathogen directly on or injects it into a susceptible animal.
What is a Biological Transmission
A method of scientific investigation that includes finding and validating associations, to test hypotheses, and to be able to recognize and illuminate causes of health-related events.
What is Analytic Epidemiology
Passively carries a pathogen and are indirectly transmitting infectious agents that include food, water, blood, and fomites (example: food or water could carry hepatitis A virus).
What is a Vehicle
Is identified by observing a plethora of variables which are effective measures of it (example: a measure could be observing the standard amount of a stay at a hospital).
What is Case Severity
Level of prevention that doesn't force behavior change to the individual. (Examples include eating vitamin-enriched foods or drinking fluoridated water).
What is Passive Primary Prevention
Transmission occurring when a passive transfer of pathogens go to an infected host to a susceptible host. Where association between the pathogen and the vector doesn't matter. (Example: Rabbits that infect humans with rabies).
What is a Mechanical Transmission