Ch 8 - Communicable Disease

Question 1

illnesses that result from the infection, presence and growth of pathogenic biologic agents in an individual human or other animal host

Answer 1

communicable diseases

aka infectious diseases
or transmissible diseases

Question 2

a disease that has appeared in a population for the first time or that may have existed previously but is rapidly increasing in incidence or geographic range

Answer 2

emerging diseases

Question 3

examples of emerging diseases

Answer 3

Zika, Ebola, Tuberculosis

Question 4

constant presence of a disease within a geographic area or population

Answer 4

endemic

Question 5

examples of endemic illnesses

Answer 5

gonorrhea, malaria, pertussis

Question 6

occurrence of disease in a community or region in excess or normal expectancy

Answer 6

epidemic

Question 7

examples of epidemic illnesses

Answer 7

legionellosis, SARS, ebola

Question 8

an epidemic occurring worldwide and affecting large populations

Answer 8

pandemic

Question 9

examples of pandemic illnesses

Answer 9

1918 Spanish influenza, 
Asian influenza (1957)
Hong Kong influenza (1968)
HIV/AIDS
Covid-19

Answer 10

herd immunity

Answer 11

active immunity

Answer 12

passive immunity

Answer 13

transmission

Answer 14

resistance

Answer 15

ventors

Answer 16

outbreak investigation

Answer 17

pathogenicity

Answer 18

pathogen

Answer 19

susceptibility

Answer 20

toxigenicity

Answer 21

vaccine

Answer 22

vector

Answer 23

virulence

Answer 24

infectivity