Fields of Epidemiology
What is epidemiology?
Direct, indirect, airborne, vector-borne, vehicle-borne, mechanical and biological transmission.
What are the modes of transmissions?
What does primary prevention aim to prevent?
a widespread infectious disease that attacks a whole country or large at one time
What is a pandemic?
this is a person who brings a disease to a public setting such as a school, etc
Who is a primary case?
uses observational studies the patterns of the disease in terms of person, place, and time.
What is Descriptive Epidemiology?
a disease or bacteria that is spread through respiratory droplets.
What is airborne transmission?
aims to reduce the impact of the disease that has already occured.
What does secondary intervention aim to do?
a spread of a disease that attacks a given population within a short time frame.
What is an epidemic?
the first patient identified by health authorities with a disease that makes the team aware of a possible outbreak. also known as patient zero
what is an index case?
is a model for explaining the organism causing the disease and the conditions that allow it to spread.
what is vector-borne transmission?
aims to soften the impact of an ongoing illness or injury that has lasting effects.
What is tertiary prevention?
A disease among a population at all times.
What is an Endemic?
the person who gets a disease from exposure to a diseased person
What is a secondary case?
It is the why and how of analytical study in order to identify disease intervention.
the transfer of an infectious agent through a contaminated object.
How does indirect transmission work?
are those that do not require action by an individual for protection to occur.
What is passive primary prevention?
A mixed epidemic includes both common-source and propagated outbreak characteristics.
What is a mixed epidemic?
a person who is suspected to have the disease.
What is the suspect case?
the study of the relationships of various factors determining the frequency and distribution of diseases in a community.
what is experimental epidemiology?
the transfer of pathogens from an infected host or a contaminated substrate to a susceptible host.
How is mechanical transmission spread?
aims to prevent disease before it develops.
What does active primary prevention aim to prevent?
It is when a population is exposed or infected by the same infectious agent.
What is a common-source outbreak?
is a set of standard criteria for classifying whether a person has a particular disease.
what is the definition of case?