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Commensalism

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One organism benefits, and the other is unaffected. (e.g. epidermis on skin)

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Pandemic disease

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Worldwide epidemic (e.g. AIDS)

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Infection

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Invasion or colonization of the body by pathogens

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What predisposing factors make the body more susceptible to disease?

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Gender Inherited traits, such as the sickle cell gene Climate and weather Fatigue Age Lifestyle Nutrition Chemotherapy

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Contributing factors to Infectious Disease

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  • Genetic recombination (E. coli and avian H5N1) - Evolution of new strains (vibrio cholerae O139) - Widespread use of antibiotics and pesticides (antibiotic-resistant strains) - Changes in weather patterns (hantavirus) - Modern transportation (chikugunya and west nile virus) - Ecological disaster, war, and expanding human settlement (coccidoidomycosis) - Animal control measures (lyme disease) - Public health failure (diptheria)
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Sepsis

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Toxic inflammatory condition arising from the spread of microbes, especially bacteria or their toxins, from a focus infection

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Prodromal period

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Short period after incubation; early, mild symptoms

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Notifiable infectious disease

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Diseases in which physicians are required to report occurence

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Etiology

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Cause of the disease

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Noncommunicable disease

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A disease that is not spread from one hose to another

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Three types of symbiosis

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Commensalism Mutualism Parasitism

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Animal reservoirs

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Zoonoses are diseases transmitted from animals to humans

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Normal microbiota

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permanently colonize the host and do not cause disease under normal conditions

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Systemic (generalized) infection

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An infection throughout the body e.g. mea

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Viremia

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Viruses in the blood

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Focal infection

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Systemic infection that began as a local infection

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Mutualism

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Both organisms benefit e.g. E. coli

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Toxemia

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Toxins in the blood

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Incubation period

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Interval between initial infection and first signs and symptoms

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Secondary infection

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Opportunistic infection after a primary (predisposing) infection

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Septicemia

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Also known as blood poisoning; growth of bacteria in the blood

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Communicable disease

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A disease that is spread from one host to another

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Subclinical disease

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No noticeable signs or symptoms (inapparent infection)

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Period of decline

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Signs and symptoms subside

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Symbiosis
The relationship between normal microbiota and the host
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Epidemiology
The study of where and when diseases occur and how they are transmitted in populations
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Normal microbiota protect the host by:
- Competing for nutrients - Producing substances harmful to invading microbes - Affecting pH and available oxygen
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Local infection
Pathogens are limited to a small area of the body e.g. boils
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Contagious disease
Diseases that are easily and rapidly spread from one host to another
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Prevalence
Number of people who develop a disease at a specified time, regardless of when it first appeared (takes into account both old and new cases)
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Human reservoirs
Carriers may have inapparent infections or latent diseases
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CDC
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention -Collects and analyzes epidemiological information in the United States
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Indirect contact transmission
Spreads to a host by nonliving object called a fomite
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Mortality rate
Number of deaths from a disease in relation to the population in a given time
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Period of illness
Disease is most severe
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Droplet transmission
Transmission via airborne droplets less than 1 meter
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Herd immunity
Immunity in most of a population-acquired by vaccination
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Analytical epidemiology
Analyzes a particular disease to determine its probable cause (nightingale)
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Incident
Number of people who develop a disease during a particular time period
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Compromised host
Individual whose resistance to infection is impaired by disease, therapy, or burns
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Morbidity
Incidence of a specific notifiable disease
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Period of convalescence
Body returns to its pre-diseased state
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Transmission by an inanimate reservoir... Name 3
Waterborne Foodborne Airborne
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What do HAIs result from?
Microorganisms in the hospital environment Weakened status of the host Chain of transmission in a hospital
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Syndrome
A specific group of signs and symptoms that accompany a disease
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Example of opportunistic pathogens
Pathogens that normally would not affect someone with a healthy immune system could be devastating to those with HIV
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Latent disease
Causative agent is inactive for a time but then activates and produces symptoms
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Signs
Changes in a body that can be measured or observed as a result of disease
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Distribution and composition of normal microbiota are determined by many factors including...
- Nutrients (e.g. secretions) - Physical and chemical factors (e.g. pH, temperature, salinity) - Host defenses (e.g. phagocytes) - Mechanical factors (e.g. chewing, flushing)
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Zoonoses
Diseases transmitted from animals to humans
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Methods for controlling of HAIs
Reduce the number of pathogens - Handwashing - Disinfecting tubs used to bathe patients - Cleaning instruments scrupulously - Using disposable bandages and intubation Infection control committees
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Experimental epidemiology
Involves a hypothesis and controlled experiments (semmelweis)
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Nonliving reservoirs
Soil and water
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Symptoms
Changes in body function that are felt by a patient as a result of disease
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Parasitism
One organism benefits at the expense of the other (e.g. infection)
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HAIs
Healthcare-Associated Infections (nosocomial infections) -Acquired while receiving treatment in a health care facility - Affect 1 in 25 hospital patients (2 million per year infected; 20,000 deaths)
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Descriptive epidemiology
Collection and analysis of data (snow)
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Endemic disease
Disease constantly present in a population
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Three major continual sources of infect
Human reservoirs Animal reservoirs Nonliving reservoirs
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Direct contact transmission
Requires close association between the infected and susceptible host
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Chronic disease
Symptoms develop slowly
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Disease
An abnormal state in which the body is not performing normal functions
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Example of mechanical transmission
Arthropod carries pathogen on its feet
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What do epidemiologists do?
- Determine etiology of a disease - Identify other important factors concerning the spread of disease - Develop methods for controlling disease - Assemble data and graphs to outline incidence of disease
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Acute disease
Symptoms develop rapidly but the disease lasts only a short time
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Example of biological transmission
Pathogen reproduces in the vector, transmitted via bites or feces
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Mortality
Deaths from notifiable diseases
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Fomite
non-living object that spreads disease (tissue)
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Pathology
Study of disease
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Sporadic disease
Disease that occurs only occasionally e.g. typhoid
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Morbidity rate
Number of people affected in relation to the total population in a given time period
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Bacteremia
Bacteria in the blood
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Microbial antagonism (competitive exclusion)
competition between microbes
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What does the CDC publish?
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
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Transient microbiota
May be present for days, weeks, or months and then disappear
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Primary infection
Acute infection that causes the initial illness
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Epidemic disease
Disease acquired by many people in a given area in a short time (e.g. influenza)
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Human microbiome project
Analyzes relationships between microbial communities on the body and human health
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Name a few vectors of disease and what two general methods are used for transmission
Arthropods (fleas, ticks, and mosquitoes) 1. Mechanical transmission 2. Biological transmission
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Pathogenesis
The development of a disease

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