Block 4 Part 2 Flashcards
EPIDEMIOLOGY OF VIRUSES-what is it?
THE STUDY OF THE DETERMINANTS, FREQUENCY, DYNAMICS, AND DISTRIBUTION OF VIRAL
DISEASES IN POPULATIONS.
EPIDEMIOLOGY OF VIRUSES-why do we study it?
- TO CHARACTERIZE THE VIRUS, UNDERSTAND THE HOST AND HOST POPULATION, AS
WELL AS THE BEHAVIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND ECOLOGICAL FACTORS OF VIRUS
TRANSMISSION.
EPIDEMIOLOGY OF VIRUSES: what is the role of epidemiology?
- ID AND CLARIFY THE ROLE OF THE VIRUS IN DISEASES
- UNDERSTAND INTERACTION WITH ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINANTS OF THE DISEASE
- MODE OF TRANSMISSION
- THE IMPACT ON HEALTH, ECONOMY AND SOCIETY
- ROLE OF INFECTIOUS PATHOGENS (ESPECIALLY CANCER)
- LARGE SCALE ACCINE AND DRUGS
EPIDEMIOLOGY OF VIRUSES
HOW DOES THIS HELP?
- ADVANCES OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE NATURE OF
DISEASES - ALERT AND DIRECT DISEASE TREATMENT, CONTROL AND
PREVENTION ACTIVITIES - PROVIDE EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS AND TRACKING THE
DISEASE - ASSESS THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL IMPACT OF THE
DISEASE - ASSESS THE EFFICACY AND COST OF DISEASE CONTROL
AND PREVENTION
OUTCOME OF DISEASE IN POPULATION
PERCENTAGE OF DEATHS
AMONG CLINICALLY ILL is called?
- CASE FATALITY RATE:
OUTCOME OF DISEASE IN POPULATION
PERCENTAGE ANIMALS IN A
POPULATION THAT DIE FROM A PARTICULAR
DISEASE OVER SPECIFIC PERIOD OF TIME is called?
MORTALITY RATE
OUTCOME OF DISEASE IN POPULATION
PERCENTAGE OF POPULATION
THAT DEVELOP CLINICAL SIGNS TO A VIRUS OVER
A DEFINED PERIOD OF TIME is called?
MORBIDITY RATE:
DURATION AND/OR FREQUENCY OF OCCURRENCE
THE NUMBER OF NEW CASES THAT OCCUR IN A POPULATION OVER A SPECIFIED
PERIOD OF TIME is called?
INCIDENCE
DURATION AND/OR FREQUENCY OF OCCURRENCE
THE NUMBER OF OCCURRENCES OF DISEASE (BOTH NEW AND OLD), INFECTION,
OR RELATED ATTRIBUTES (ANTIBODIES) is called?
PREVALENCE
VIRAL OUTBREAKS
SINGLE/SCATTERED INSTANCES
À RANDOM is called?
SPORADIC
VIRAL OUTBREAKS
constant presence in specific area/population is called?
enzootic
VIRAL OUTBREAKS
more than expected/peak of disease is called
epizootic
VIRAL OUTBREAKS
occurs over several continents or countries is called
panzootic
VIRAL OUTBREAKS
no clinical sign, but shed virus is called
asymptomatic carrier
VIRAL OUTBREAKS
what are the 3 types of asymptomatic carriers?
1-incubatory (acute)
2-convaleschent (chronic)
3-inapparent
VIRAL OUTBREAKS
animals that shed virus during the incubation period of a disease are called?
incubatory (acute) asymptomatic carriers
VIRAL OUTBREAKS
Animals that shed virus during recovery from a disease are called?
convalescent (chronic) asymptomatic carriers
VIRAL OUTBREAKS
carrier state that may exist in an animal with an infedtion that is anapparent throughout it’s course (the worst) is called?
inapparent asymptomatic
carriers
VIRAL OUTBREAKS
spread by direct or indirect contact
contagious disease
VIRAL OUTBREAKS
unknown in a particular country or area (rabies in st kitts)
exotic disease
VIRAL OUTBREAKS
the use of serological data as the basis of investigation
sero-epidemiology
VIRAL OUTBREAKS
The use of molecular biological data as the basis of investigation
molecular epidemiology
rabies has never been reported before in st kitts. suddenly a few cases of canine rabies are reported from st kitts, especially among dogs that accompany incoming rossies. in this context, rabies would ba a ____ disease in st kitts?
exotic
HORIZONTAL TRANSMISSION OF VIRUSES
what is direct contact transmission?
indirect contact transmission?
- DIRECT: BITES/DROPLETS
- INDIRECT: FOMITE/AIR-BORNE