Epidemiology

Question 1

pathogen

Answer 1

bacteria or virus that can cause a disease

Question 2

host

Answer 2

harbors a symbiotic relationship

Question 3

communicable disease

Answer 3

can spread

Question 4

non communicable disease

Answer 4

non-infectious and non-transmissible among people.

like cancer

Question 5

epidemiology

Answer 5

study of mechanisms and factors involoved in the spread and distribution of diseases

Question 6

endemic disease

Answer 6

localized to one area at a constant rate

Question 7

epidemic

Answer 7

high rate one area

Question 8

index case

Answer 8

the first identified case aka original disease

Question 9

direct contact

Answer 9

touching

Question 10

droplet infection

Answer 10

sneezing and coughing

Question 11

fomite

Answer 11

non biological materials

inanimate objects

Question 12

vector

Answer 12

can spread infection throught bites from arthropod species

Question 13

mechanical transmission

Answer 13

pathogen on vectors body parts

aka house flies carry pathogen on their feet

Question 14

biological transmission

Answer 14

pathogen within the vector inside the animal’s body

Question 15

reservoir

Answer 15

Any person, animal, plant, soil or substance in which an infectious agent normally lives
its a continual source of the pathogen

Question 16

carrier

Answer 16

human harborer of the pathogenic microorganism

person can be sick or not appear to be sick

Question 17

epidemiologist

Answer 17

study of diseases