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Epidemiology Flashcards

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What is a disease?

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a pathological condition of body parts or tissues characterized by an identifiable group of signs or symptoms

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Infectious Disease

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A disease caused by an infectious agent such as a bacterium, virus, protozoan, or fungus that can be passed on to others.

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What is an infection?

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occurs when an infectious agent enters the body and begins to reproduce; may or may not lead to disease

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Host

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an organism infected by another organism

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Pathogen

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an infectious agent that causes disease

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What are some types of pathogens?

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-virus
-bacterium
-fungi
-metazoa
-prions
-protazoa

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What are emerging diseases?

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-diseases that have recently appeared within a population or whose incidence or geographic range is increasing rapidly.

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What causes a disease to emerge or re-emerge?

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¤ appearance of a previously unknown agent.
¤ evolution of a new infectious agent.
¤ spread of an infectious agent to a new host.
¤ spread of an infectious agent to new locations.
¤ acquisition of resistance to anti-microbial drugs.
¤ deliberate introduction into a population.

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Endemic/enzootic

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-constantly present in a certain population or region with relatively low spread

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Epidemic/epizootic

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when there is a sudden increase in cases spreading through a large population like a country

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Pandemic/Panzootic

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when there is sudden increase in cases spreading through several countries

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What makes up the epidiomelogical triangle?

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Host, environment, vector

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Outcomes of exposure

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-No infection

-Subclinical Infection–> immunity, carrier state ,no immunity

-Clinical–> no immunity= death

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Incubation period

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time between infection and the appearance of signs and symptoms.

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Signs

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are the physical manifestation of disease or injury that are measurable and reproducible and that can be recognized by any observer,
usually a health practitioner.

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Symptoms

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are clinical manifestations of a disorder of organs or systems
that can be recognized or perceived only by patients.

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Prodromal phase

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mild, nonspecific symptoms that signal onset of some diseases.

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clinical Phase

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a person experiences typical signs and symptoms of disease

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Decline phase

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Subsidence of symptoms

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Recovery Phase

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symptoms have disappeared, tissues heal, and the body regains strength

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Mechanism of Disease

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microbes cause disease in the course of stealing space, nutrients, and or living tissue from their symbiotic hosts

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How do microbes cause disease?

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– Gain access to the host (contamination)
– Adhere to the host (adherence)
– Replicate on the host (colonization)
– Invade tissues (invasion)
– Produce toxins or other agents that cause host harm (damage)

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What is infectivity?

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The ability to infect the host

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What is pathogenicity?

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the ability to cause disease in the host

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Virulence

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the ability to cause severe disease in the host

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Immunogenicity

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the ability to induce an immune response in the host

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Modes of transmission; Indirect contact

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¤ Via vector (an organism that carries disease-causing micro-
organisms, such as mosquito)
¤ Via dust particles, air, food, water, blood, tissues, organs,
fomites (inanimate objects that can carry disease-causing
micro-organisms—e.g., toothbrush, cutting board, toys, etc.
¤ Diseases that are commonly spread by means of fomites include the
common cold, cold sores, conjunctivitis, coxsackievirus (hand-foot-
mouth disease), croup, E. coli infection, Giardia infection, influenza,
lice, meningitis, rotavirus diarrhea, RSV, and strep

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Modes of transmission; direct contact

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¤ Direct contact (person-to-person)
¤ Skin, saliva via kissing, sexual contact, aerosol from sneezing
or coughing (e.g. .Polio, hepatitis, HIV, influenza)

29
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Modes of transmission; vertical transmission

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-transmission of disease from mother to child
-just before or just after birth
-through placenta or breast milk

30
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Modes of transmission; horizontal transmission

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all other transmission person to person

31
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What is epidemiology?

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the study of the distribution and determinants of health-related states or events in specified populations, and the application of this study to the control of health problems (CDC).

32
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Ratio

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is the relative magnitude of two quantities or a comparison of any two values.
The numerator and denominator need not be related. Therefore, one could compare
any two events

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Proportion

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is the comparison of a part to the whole. It is a type of ratio in which the
numerator is included in the denominator. A proportion may be expressed as a
decimal, a fraction, or a percentage.

34
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Rate

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-is a measure of the frequency with which an event occurs in a defined
population over a specified period of time.

Ex. Number of COVID test in CA last week: 516,536
Number of positive tests last week: 21,843
Calculate the positivity rate for last week:

35
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What is prevalence?

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The number of persons with a specific disease at a specific time point

36
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Incidence

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number of proportion of persons developing a specific disease during a time period

37
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Morbidity

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refers to the number of persons that are ill

38
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Mortality

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Number or proportion of persons dying during a time period

39
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Fatality rate

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-Proportion of persons dying from a specific disease among all persons
with the disease.

40
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Attack rate

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-proportion of cases developing the disease among all persons who were
exposed to the disease

41
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Herd Immunity

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Herd immunity is the resistance of a group to attack from a disease to
which a large portion of members are immune, thus lessening the
likelihood of a patient with a disease coming into contact with a susceptible individual.

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