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The constant presence of disease that occurs in a certain region.
What is an endemic?
Evidence based study of disease
What is Epidemiology?
An Infectious Agent's address
What is a Reservoir?
I thought the invitation read, "Play fortnite!". Instead, it read "Don't play! Formite!". Now, I'm sick from what type of transmission?
What is Vehicle Born?
Vaccinations, altering risky behaviors, and banning substances known to be associated with a disease or health condition explains ______ Prevention.
What is Active Primary Prevention?
An epidemic that has spread over several countries and continents.
What is a pandemic?
The cause of a disease
What is an Infectious Agent?
An Infectious Agent's dream home
What is a Susceptible host?
Sneezes spread infectious agents through ____ transmission.
What is Airborne?
Measures used to minimize suffering and maximize potential years of quality life.
What is Tertiary Prevention?
A sudden spike in confirmed cases of a particular disease
What is an epidemic?
Term that describes research on animals
What is In vivo?
The door that allows infectious agents to leave it's current home
What is a Portal of Exit?
Blood donations are tested to avoid this type of disease transmission to a receiver of blood
What is Direct?
Mammography and regular blood pressure testing are examples of ______ prevention.
What is Secondary Prevention?
The number of susceptible hosts required for an epidemic to occur
What is Epidemic Threshold?
A concept that is used to identify the relationship between a disease outbreak and contributing factors.
What is the Epidemiology Triangle?
The door that allows infectious agents to enter it's new home
What is a Portal of entry?
A rusty nail can deliver tetanus through this type of transmission
What is Mechanical?
Measures taken to prevent disease or injury before it ever occurs.
What is Primary prevention ?
______ diseases are seen only occasionally and usually without geographic concentration.
What is Sporadic?
The study of disease effects through observing the real world is _______.
What is Observational?
This is how they (infectious agents) roll. How do infectious agents go from point A to point B?
What is mode of transmission?
Mode of transmission for Lime Disease
What is Vector Borne?
Strategies that do not require action by an individual for protection to occur.
What is Passive Prevention?