Epidemiology

Question 1

Pathogen

Answer 1

disease causing microorganism

Question 2

Host

Answer 2

Organism that harbors the pathogen

Question 3

Communicable disease

Answer 3

can be spread directly or indirectly from one host to another

Question 4

non- communicable disease

Answer 4

cannot be transmitted from one host to another (when body is weakened or wounded, pathogen infects)

Question 5

Epidemiology

Answer 5

science of when/ where disease occur and how it spreads

Question 6

Epidemiologist

Answer 6

compile data on the incidence of the disease and method of transmission. try to locate the source of infection in order to decrease the incidence

Question 7

Epidemic disease

Answer 7

many people in given area acquire the disease in a relatively short period of time

Question 8

Endemic disease

Answer 8

constantly present in the population (pneumonia)

Question 9

Index case

Answer 9

first reported patient in a disease outbreak

Question 10

Case definition

Answer 10

should include list of symptoms of patients

Question 11

droplet infection

Answer 11

microorganisms are carried on liquid drops (cough/sneeze)

Question 12

Contact with contaminated inanimate objects (fomites)

Answer 12

ex: drinking glasses, bedding, towels contaminated with pus, feces, etc

Question 13

Vectors

Answer 13

insects that carry pathogens

ex. flies fete, feces to food

Question 14

Biological transmission

Answer 14

transmission by bites

Question 15

reservoir

Answer 15

continual source of infection

Question 16

carriers

Answer 16

humans who harbor pathogens but do not exhibit sign of disease