Disease

Question 1

Condition of the living body that impairs normal functioning

Answer 1

Disease

Question 2

Objective changes that can be measured or observed

Answer 2

Signs

Question 3

Subjective changes that are not apparent

Answer 3

Symptoms

Question 4

A specific group of signs/symptoms that accompany a specific disease

Answer 4

Syndrome

Question 5

No clinical signs/symptoms

Answer 5

Subclinical

Question 6

Sudden onset but brief duration

Answer 6

Acute

Question 7

Life time condition

Answer 7

Chronic

Question 8

in between acute and chronic

Answer 8

Subacute

Question 9

Occur rapidly and severe intensity

Answer 9

Fulminant

Question 10

apparent disease with specific known cause

Answer 10

Primary

Question 11

Microbial invasion subsequent to primary infection

Answer 11

Secondary

Question 12

Multiple acute episodes

Answer 12

Recurrent

Question 13

Easily transmissible disease

Answer 13

Contagious

Question 14

Subclinical carrier state that is not transmissible

Answer 14

Dormant

Question 15

Confined to small area of the body

Answer 15

Localized

Question 16

Spreads through many parts of the body

Answer 16

Systemic

Question 17

Number of new cases in a specific period

Answer 17

Incidence Rate

Question 18

Number of individuals with disease at any one time

Answer 18

Prevalence

Question 19

Number of active cases / number of people exposed

Answer 19

Attack Rate

Question 20

Reproduction rate, number of people someone will get sick

Answer 20

R knot

Question 21

Incidence rate or prevalence (running total of cases)

Answer 21

Morbidity

Question 22

Death rate

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Mortality

Question 23

Occurs in a single or scattered instances

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Sporadic

Question 24

Aggregation of cases within limited area and time

Answer 24

Cluster

Question 25

Constantly prevalent in population

Answer 25

Endemic

Question 26

An endemic with persistent high levels

Answer 26

Hyperendemic

Question 27

When the incidence rate substantially exceeds what is expected

Answer 27

Outbreak

Question 28

An outbreak that spreads rapidly to many peoplw

Answer 28

Epidemic

Question 29

An epidemic that spreads across a large region

Answer 29

Pandemic

Question 30

Science that studies when and where diseases occur, transmission, and predisposing factors

Answer 30

Epidemiology

Question 31

A continual source of the disease

Answer 31

Reservoir

Question 32

Human reservoirs that do not become ill

Answer 32

Carriers

Question 33

Diseases in animals that can be transmitted to humans

Answer 33

Zoonoses

Question 34

An infection acquired from a hospital stay

Answer 34

Nosocomial Infection

Question 35

Movement of pathogen from one source to another

Answer 35

Transmission

Question 36

Direct contact or interaction (touch, cough, sneeze)

Answer 36

Contact transmission

Question 37

Infectious droplet nuclei (floating around)

Answer 37

Airborne Transmission

Question 38

Interaction with non living carriers (Blood, food, surface)

Answer 38

Vehicle Transmission

Question 39

Disease is carried by another organism and needs them to live

Answer 39

Biological Vector Transmission

Question 40

Disease is transmitted by another organism but can live on its own

Answer 40

Mechanical Vector Transmission

Question 41

How many microbes it takes to get half the population sick

Answer 41

ID 50

Question 42

First introduction to microbes

Answer 42

Incubation Period

Question 43

Short period of early, mild symptoms

Answer 43

Prodromal Phase

Question 44

Most acute with apparent signs

Answer 44

Illness Phase

Question 45

Symptoms begin to diminish, most susceptible to secondary infection

Answer 45

Decline Phase

Question 46

Back to normal state, may still be infectious

Answer 46

Convalescence Period