4.3- The transmissiona and control of infevtious diseaee

Question 1

what are infectious diseases caused by?

Answer 1

pathogens

Question 2

how are disease-causing pathogens transmitted?

Answer 2

from person to person by physical contact in water, in bay fluoride or inhaled by vector organisms
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Question 3

how are disease-causing pathogens controlled?

Answer 3

by quarantine me antisepsis

Question 4

explain how communities have responsibility for controls of disease

Answer 4

control of drinking water
use of safe good
disposal of waste

Question 5

what is epidemiology?

Answer 5

the science that studies the causes, patterns an and effects of health and disease in population

Question 6

what is sporadic disease?

Answer 6

an occasional occurrence of disease

Question 7

what does endemic mean?

Answer 7

diseases invoked in regular occurrence in a particular area

Question 8

what does epidemic mean?

Answer 8

an unusually high number of cases of a disease in a given area

Question 9

what does pandemic mean

Answer 9

global epidemic

Question 10

what do disease control measures include?

Answer 10

prevention of transmission, drug therapy, immunisation or a combo