Epidemiology

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What is epidemiology?

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The study of the occurance, distribution, and determinants of health and disease in a population

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Epidemiology is largerly linked to

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public health

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What is survellance in epidemiology?

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The observation, recognition, and reporting of diseases as they occur

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Incidence is

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The number of NEW cases of the disease in a given period of time

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Prevalence is

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the TOTAL number of NEW AND EXISTING cases in a population in a given time

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Will incidence or prevalence be larger?

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Prevalence

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When is a disease an epidemic?

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When it occurs in a large numebr of peopel in a population at the same time

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A pandemic is

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widespreas, usually worldwide

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What is an endemic?

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A disease is constantly present is a ppoulation, usually at low incidences. Individuals that are infected with a pathogen that causes endemic diseases are celled reservoirs. These reservoirs may be human or non-human animals

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When is a disease an outbreak?

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A disease outbreak occurs when a number of cases of a diesease are reported in a short period of time

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Diseased individuals who show no or mild symptoms have subclinical infections are are called…

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carriers

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Chronic infections…

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Host and pathogen survive

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Acute infections

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Pathogen can be selective force

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he organism invades and colonizes the host

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infection

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the time between infection and onset of symptoms

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Incubation period

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The disease is at its height

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Acute period

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Disease symptoms are subsiding

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Decline period

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Patient regains strength and returns to normal

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Convalescent period

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What is mortality?

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the incidence of death in a population

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What is morbidity?

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the incidence of disease, including fatal and nonfatal diseases

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quantitatively measures disease burden in terms of lost years due to the disease, disability due to disease, and premature death

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Disability-Adjusteed Life Year (DALY)

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_____ of a host and its parasite is common

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coevolution

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What is herd immunity?

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The resistance of a group to infection due to immunity of a high proportion of the group

If a high proportion of individuals are immune to an infection, then the whole population will be protected.

Immunized people protect nonimmunized people because the pathogen cannot be passed on, and the cycle of infectivity is broken

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Infected individual transmits a disease directly to a susceptible host without the assistance of an intermediary (e.g., flu, common cold, STDs, ringworm).

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Direct host-to-host transmission

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occurs when transmission is facilitated by a living or nonliving agent

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Indirect host-to-host transmission

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Living agents are called

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vectors

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nonliving agents are called

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fomites

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___ are sites in which infectious agents remain viable and from which individuals can become infected

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Reservoirs

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_____ is any disease that primarily infects animals but is occasionally transmitted to humans

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zoonosis

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A ______ usually arises from contamination of water or food

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common-source epidemic

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In a _____, the disease shows a slow, progressive rise and a gradual decline.

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host-to-host epidemic

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What is R0 (r not)

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Basic reprodcution number

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Food, water, and air are…

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common vehicles

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If reservoir is animal, it can be ____ or _____.

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immunized or destroyed

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When human is a reservoir, those can be…

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1. quarantined
2. immunized
3. treated

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What are the three main tools for limiting transmission?

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1. immunization
2. quarantine
3. surveillance

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_____ diseases are those that have become prevalent after having been under control

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reemerging

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Diseases that suddenly become prevalent are called ___

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emergent

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Direct transfer

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• sex
• holding hands
• kissing
• speaking

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Infirect transfer

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• fomites (pens, money)
• vectors (fleas, mites, etc)

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Vecotrs tend to be

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arthopods (include insects)

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What are the two kinds of vectos?

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biological - biting transfer (mosquito bites animal and then bites you)

mechanical - not infected, but carrying disease on surface. (fly land on poop and then land on your food)