Transmission
How a disease is spread
What is modes of transmission
Field of science that studies health problems within populations
What is epidemiology
Preventing a disease or disorder before it happens
What is primary prevention
Individual who has been exposed to and continues to carry a disease causing organism even though they recovered
What is an active carrier
A virus, bacteria, fungus, or parasite
What is a pathogen
Chlamydia is an example of
What is direct transmission
Type of epidemiology that looks at the characteristics of the distribution of health related states or events
What is descriptive epidemiology
A person who stopped smoking
What is active primary prevention
Individual who has been exposed and continues to carry even though they are not showing symptoms
What is a healthy or passive carrier
A person who shows the signs and symptoms but has not been diagnosed
What is a suspect case
Droplets of dust particles carry the pathogens to the host and cause infection
What is indirect transmission
Type of epidemiology finding associations and testing hypotheses
What is analytic epidemiology
Rehabilitation services
What is tertiary prevention
Individual who has been exposed and is still developing stages of the disease, showing symptoms, and can transmit
What is an incubatory carrier
The ability of a program to produce a desire effect in a group compared to those who didn't participate
What is efficacy
Cholera is an example of
What is vehicle-borne transmission
Process of disease transmission
What is the chain of infection
Drinking fluorided water
What is passive primary prevention
Individual who carries the pathogen while recovering, but is still infectious
What is a convalescent carrier?
Inanimate object that can harbor an infectious agent and is capable of transmitting
What is a fomite
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
Shows the interaction between the infectious agent, environment, and host
What is the epidemiology triangle
Mammograms to detect breast cancer
What is secondary prevention
What is an intermittent carrier?
Victims of a common-source epidemic have person-to-person contact with others and spread the disease turning to a propagated epidemic
What is a mixed epidemic