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Chapter 9: Principles of Infectious Disease and Epidemiology Flashcards

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Sporadic Cases

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isloated infections in a particular population

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Endemic Infections

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rountinely detected in a population or region (cold virus)

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Epidemic

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widespread diasese outbreak in a particular region during a specific time frame

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Pandemic

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occurs if an epidemic spreads to numerous countries

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Emerging Pathogen

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include newly identified agents as well as pathogens that previously caused only sporadic cases (SARS-CoV-2) or exhibit an expanded geograhical districubtion (ziki virus)

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Reemerging Pathogen

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an infectious agent that was undercontrol but is now resurfacing

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Noncommunicable diseases

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do not spread from person to person

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Communicable Diseases

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transmits from human to human

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Contagious Diseases

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easily transmitted from one host to the next

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Symptomatic

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during an active infection the patient exhibits signs and symptoms

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Signs

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objective indicators of disease that can be measured or verified; fever, rash, etc

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Symptoms

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sensed by the patient and are subjective rather than precisely mesaurable; pain fatigue and nausa etc

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Acute Diseases

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have a rapid onset and progression

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Chronic Diseases

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have a slower onset and progression

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Kochs Postulates

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same organism must be present in ever case of the disease; the organism must be isolated from the diseased host and grown as a pure culture; isolated organism should cause disease in question when inoculated in a susceptible host; organism must then be reisolated from the inoculated diseased animal

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Limitations of Kochs Postulates

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do not apply to noninfectious disease; certain infectious disease cannot be isolated; some microbes become attenuated in pure cultures; some microbes do nt infect nonhuman hosts; not easily applied to infectious agents that primarily cause latent disease

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Reservoirs

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are an animate or inanimate habitat where the pathogen is naturally found

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Sources

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disseminate infectious agent from the reservoir to new hosts

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Endogenous Source

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means the pathogen came from the hosts own body; like bacteria on skin entering a surgical incision or yeast in vagina proliferting when antibiotics kill off normal bacteria

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Exogenous Source

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means the pathogen is external to the host; contaminated food, zoonotic disease, transmitting between humans

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Mode of Transmission

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how the pathogen spreads to a host; generally classed as direct contact and indirect contact

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Direct Contact

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host comes into physical contact with the source of the pathogen; such as a bite, touching, kissing, going in a pond

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Vertical Transmission

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specialized form of diret contact; occurs when pathogen passes from mother to offspring during pregnancy (in utero), delivery (transcervical) or breatfeeding (post partum)

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Indirect Contact

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pathogen spreads without direct physical contact with the source; three main categories- airborne transmission, vehicle transmission, and vector transmission

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Airborne Transmission

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pathogen enters through respiratory route; usually occurs by inhaling pathogen-laden respiratory droplets

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Vehicle Transmission

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pathogen is found on contaminted fomite (doorknowbs, needles, sheets, food)

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Vector Transmission

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transmission by vectors (arthropods)

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Biological Vector

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vector organism has a role in the pathogens life cycle; ticks mosquitoes

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Mechanical Vector

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vector spreads disease without being integral to a pathogens life cycle; flies, rodents and cockroaches

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Infectivity

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describes how good an infectious agent is at establising an infection

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Pathogenicity

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is the general ability of an infectious agent to cause disease

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Virulence

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describes severity of disease following infection

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Five Basic Stages of Disease Progression

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incubation period to prodromal phase to acute phase to period of decline to convalescent phase

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Incubation Perid

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time between infection and the development of disease symptoms; could be hours or years depending on the disease

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Prodromal Phase

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patient starts to feel run down and may have mild symptoms

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Acute Phase

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patient experiences full blown classical symptoms of the disease; know as symptomatic case or clincal infection

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Period of Decline

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pathogen replication decreases; patient begins to feel better; not all patients experience this pahse because some patients are killed by the pathogen; sometimes patients on antibiotics may prematuraly stop taking their medication and infection may come back

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Convalescent Period

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elemination of pathogen from body; sometimes pathogen is harbored indefinietly; can go into dormancy; chronic carrier; asymptomatic carriers

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Epidemiology

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study of what is upon the people; focuses on disease (infectious and noninfeectious) in populations; aims to understand and precent illness in communities

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Two Goals of Epidemiology

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describe the nature, cause and extent of new or existing diseases in populations; intervene to protect and improve health in populations

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Public Education

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central to breaking the epidemiological triangle; include vaccine campaigns, promotion of prenatal and breastfeeding, and eduation about sexually transmitted diseases; helps people understand their role in preventing development of drug resistant pathogens

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Quaratine

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period of confinement away from general population; but for diseases with long incubation period quarantine may be impractical or inhumane; CDC can quarantine anyone entering/in US with cholera, diptheria, TB, plague, small pox, yellow fever, viral hemorrhagic fevers, SARS CoV 1 and 2, and certain influenza strains

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Vector Control

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limiting the number of biological vectors helps prevent the spread of many dangerous infectious diseases; arboviruses, lyme disease, malaria

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Rate

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used to meausre the occurence of an event over time

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Ratio

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occurence of an event in one group as compared to another group

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Proportion

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percentage of a whole

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Measures of Frequency

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give information about the occurence of a disease in a population during a certain period of time

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Population

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any defined group of people

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Morbidity

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existence of a disease in a population

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Prevelance

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morbidity in a given population during a specific time; impacted by incidence rate and duration

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Incidence Rate

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number of new cases in a defined population during a defined time frame

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Duration

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How long the infection lasts

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Measures of Association

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tell us what factors may be linked with cases of the disease and subsequently who might be at risk; allows public health officials to warn people about how to avoid certian infections; allows healthcare providers to arriave at the correct daignosis more quickly

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Crude Mortality Rate

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general death rate in a population, not determined based on specific casues of death

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Cause- Specific Mortality Rate

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deaths due to a specific cause, in a given population, during a specified period

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Infant Mortality Rate

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death rate of children under age 1, as compared to number of live births

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Maternal Mortality Rate

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maternal deaths per 100,000 births, from any cause related to pregnancy or management of pregnancy

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Case Fatality Rate

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percentage of people with a particular diagnosis who die in a specified time period after diagnosis

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Descriptive Epidemiology

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help characterize health problems, identify at risk population and provide a map for allocating resources; characterizes health problems, identifies at risk populations, does NOT reveal the cause of disease, includes correlation studies, case reports and cross sectional studies

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Analytical Epidemiology

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uncovers who is infected, where cases occur, and when cases occur; goal is to describe the occurence and distribution of disease; yields a testable hypothesis; analytical studies test the validity of the hypothesis

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Correlation Studies

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ecological studies; search for associations between an exposire and the development of a disease; such as examining the associatino between fluoridated water and cavities

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Case Reports

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individual or group records of a disease; connect between clinical medicine and epidemiology

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Cross Sectional Studies

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evaluate exposure and the development of disease across a defined population at a single point in time; often use surveys to determine prevalence of a disease

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Analytical Studies

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tend to be more challenging and expensive than descrptive studies; usually require more expensive lab equipment and /or long term patient data tracking; can include obserationla and expiremental studies

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Observational Studies

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do NOT involve administering intervention, a treatment, or an exposure for a disease; watch and collect data on cases that exist, used to exist, or develop over time; develop study groups based on exposure (smokers v. nonsmokers); measure risk for developing a certain disease when certain risk factors are present

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Experimental Studies

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allow the researcher to change variables and determine the effect of the change on the outcome; used to determine the effectiveness of a treatment of preventive meausre; expiremental studies control variables (blinding, randomization, placebos, etc); such as clinical trials

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Ignaz Semmelweis

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worked at two materinity wards; one staffed by midwives and one staffed by physicians and studnets; different mortality rates; autopsies were performed by students/physicians and they did not wash up inbetween; so semmelweis started washing in between and discovered lower mortality rates

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Hospital Epidemiology

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onvolves the surveillance, prevention, and control of helathcare-acquired infections; diseases that develop from a healthcare intervention

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Common HAIs

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contaminated medical devices and healthcare workers hands are the most common sources; medical devices, hospital personnel; clostridiodes difficle GI infections; UTI; surgical wounds; MRSA bacteremia; intravascular device; pneumonia

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Basic Preventive Measures for HAIs

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hand washing, consistent use of personal protective wear, environmental sanitization, equipment sterilization, limiting patient transport, single patient equipment use, patient isolation

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“Superbug”

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HAIs drug resistent pathogens often orginiate in healthcare settings due to extensive antibiotic use

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National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System

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NNDSS; network of local hospitals, laboratories and private helathcare providers; monitor and report certain diseases; states have laws requiring reports of certain diseases to a local health authority; the diseases on a state or local tracking list are reportable diseases

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After a reportable disease is diagnosed…

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it is documented per state or local rules ; case reports trickle up the local and state reporting chain to the CDC; national statistics are compiled

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Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

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MMWR; updates health officials and care providers on US health issues; provides summaries of health watches and a running report for selected notifiable diseases

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Emerging Diseases

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new or newly identified infections in a population; such as Ebola, HIV, H1N1, Zika, Covid 19

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Factors Contributing to Increase of Emerging Diseases

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population crowding, poverty, tropical climates, diverse wildlife, deforestation, urbanization

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Reemerging Diseases

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were previously under control, but are now showing increased incidence; associated with pathogens that have evolved increased virulence (antibiotic resistance ex)

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Eradication

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there are no longer any cases of it anywhere in the world; only been done once i 1977 with smallpoz; polio and guinea worm are close

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Tuskegee Symphilis Experiment

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1932-1972; long term effects of syphilis in a group of poor african american men; study participants were never informated they had the disease; misled about the reasons for ongoing tests and the disease; researchers actively prevented participants form receiving penicllin

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Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act

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GINA; cannot be denied helth insurance due to genetics; does NOT prevent denial of long term care insurance, life insuracne or disability

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