Epi quiz 1 Flashcards
socrates popularized the notion that the environment is associated with human health.
False
epidemiologist that created with one the first natural experiments that uncovered a disease outbreak in London
john snow
Harvard professor who identified occupational toxicity (phossy jaw) among matchstick women
Alice Hamilton
John snow is credited for making the smallpox vaccination
False
William Farr’s contribution to PH and epidemiology included the development of a more sophisticated system for codifying.
True
Who is credited for the dose response curve
Paraclesus
What physician is credited with handwashing method
Ignaz Sammelweis
Diseases that have only human reservoirs and are transmitted from person to person are zoonoses
False.
schistosomiasis is an example of
biological agents-helminth
Herd immunity must be 100% to confer protection of a group
false
Incubation period refers to time between exposure to infection agent and the first sign and symptoms of a disease
false
A person with an inaparrent infection can
can transmitt the infection to others
high rates of foot fungal disease in new Orleans for decades is considered
a endemic
what part of the disease cycle does vaciines try to attack?i
Vectors
People with xpox fall dead and there are zero survivors indicates
The case fatality for xpox is high
Rabies infections were almost always fatal, this refers to
virulence
case fertility rate is the number of deaths divided by the number of cases multiplied by 100?
True
R0
reproductive rate of infenction for Herd immunity
Herd immunity
Majority of population develop an immunity to an infectious disease through vaccination or previous infection
Population shift
epidemiologist shift from looking at infectious disease to chronic disease.
3 criteria for causality
- Temp orality
2.) specificity and significance
3.)confounders
zoonotic disease
infectious diseases in animals that transmit to humans from animals
3 out of 4 are related to zoonotic
zoonosis
an infection disease transmittable under natural conditions
what is paraclesus known for
refers to the tendency of a chemical to primarily affect a specific organ in the body.
disease containment
1.) identifying the incidence/prevalence of disease
2.)is the disease at endemic, epidemic, or pandemic levels
3.)etiology of disease
fatality vs mortality
fatility: percentage of those who die from a disease
mortility: the rate of disease spread in a population!
