Communicable disease Flashcards

1
Q

What type of Causative Agents is this:
Industrial chemicals

A

Chemical Agents

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2
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What type of Causative Agents is this:
Heat

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Physical Agents

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3
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What type of Causative Agents is this:
Viruses

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Biological Agents

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4
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What type of Causative Agents is this:
Air pollutants

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Chemical Agents

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5
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What type of Causative Agents is this:
Radiation

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Physical Agents

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6
Q

What type of Causative Agents is this:
Speeding objects and Noise

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Physical

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7
Q

an illness
caused by some specific biological
agent or its toxic products that can
be transmitted from an infected
person, animal, or inanimate
reservoir to a susceptible host

A

Communicable
(infectious) disease

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8
Q

a
disease that cannot be transmitted
from infected host to susceptible host

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Noncommunicable
(noninfectious) disease

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9
Q

The establishment of a communicable disease agent in a host organism is called

A

Infection

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10
Q

many noncommunicable health conditions are
called

A

multicausation diseases

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11
Q

the ability of a
biological agent to enter and grow
in the host

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Infectivity

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12
Q

the capability
of a communicable disease agent to
cause disease in a susceptible host

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Pathogenicity

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13
Q

the minimal requirements
for the occurrence and spread
of communicable diseases in a
population—agent, host, and
environment

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Communicable disease
model

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14
Q

the cause of the disease or health
problem

A

Agent (pathogenic agent)

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15
Q

a person or other living
organism that affords subsistence or
lodgment to a communicable agent
under natural conditions

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Host

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16
Q

a model
to conceptualize the transmission
of a communicable disease from its
source to a susceptible host

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Chain of infection

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17
Q

a person who is sick with a
disease

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Case

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18
Q

a person or animal that
harbors a specific communicable
agent in the absence of discernible
clinical disease and serves as a
potential source of infection to others

A

Carrier

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19
Q

a communicable
disease transmissible under natural
conditions from vertebrate animals
to humans

A

Zoonosis

20
Q

a disease that
infects only humans

A

Anthroponosis

21
Q

the
immediate transfer of an infectious
agent by direct contact between
infected and susceptible individuals

A

Direct transmission

22
Q

communicable disease transmission
involving an intermediate step

A

Indirect transmission

23
Q

an inanimate material or
object that can serve as a source of
infection

A

Vehicle

24
Q

a living organism, usually an
arthropod (e.g., mosquito, tick, louse,
or flea), that can transmit a communicable agent to susceptible hosts

A

Vector

25
Q

the cause of a disease

A

Etiology

26
Q

a visual representation of
the host together with various internal and external factors that promote
and protect against disease

A

Multicausation disease
model

27
Q

a chronic disease characterized by damage to the coronary
arteries in the heart

A

Coronary heart disease
(CHD

28
Q

a chronic disease characterized by damage to blood vessels
of the brain resulting in disruption of
circulation to the brain

A

Cerebrovascular disease
(stroke)

29
Q

uncontrolled new tissue growth resulting
from cells that have lost control over
their growth and division

A

Malignant neoplasm

30
Q

the spread of cancer
cells to distant parts of the body by
the circulatory or lymphatic system

A

Metastasis

31
Q

the planning for and
taking of action to forestall the onset
of a disease or other health problem

A

Prevention

32
Q

efforts to control a
disease in progress

A

Intervention

33
Q

Eradication

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the complete elimination or uprooting of a disease (e.g.,
smallpox eradication)

34
Q

preventive measures that forestall
the onset of illness or injury during
the prepathogenesis period

A

Primary prevention

35
Q

preventive measures that lead to an
early diagnosis and prompt treatment of a disease or injury to limit
disability and prevent more severe
pathogenesis

A

Secondary prevention

36
Q

measures
aimed at rehabilitation following
significant pathogenesis

A

Tertiary prevention

37
Q

occurs when
exposure to a disease-causing
organism prompts the immune
system to develop antibodies against
that diseas

A

Active immunity

38
Q

occurs
when a person receives antibodies
against a disease rather than their
immune system producing them

A

Passive Community

39
Q

the separation of
infected persons from those who are
susceptible

A

Isolation

40
Q

limitation of freedom of movement of those who
have been exposed to a disease and
may be incubating it

A

Quarantine

41
Q

the killing of
communicable disease agents
outside the host, on countertops,
for example

A

Disinfection

42
Q

disease agents, such as HIV, that
are transmissible in blood and other
body fluids

A

Bloodborne pathogens

43
Q

a set of regulations
promulgated by OSHA that sets forth
the responsibilities of employers and
employees with regard to precautions
to be taken concerning bloodborne
pathogens in the workplace

A

Bloodborne Pathogens
Standard

44
Q

Factor contributing to the development of a noncommunicable disease
that cannot be altered by modifying
one’s behavior or environment

A

Unmodifiable risk factor

45
Q

Contributor of a noncommunicable
disease that can be altered by modifying one’s behavior or environment

A

Modifiable risk factor