Exam 2 — Disease transmission, reservoirs, risk factors, disease patterns, and [partial] harm studies Flashcards
3 factors necessary for disease transmission
- Pathogenic organism (microbe)
- Reactive host (human or animal)
- Environmental conditions (allows host and pathogen to get together)
Name the 3 methods of transmission
- Direct
- Indirect
- Vector
Person to person contact is what kind of transmission?
Direct transmission
In direct transmission of disease, a person can have ______ or _______ types of disease
Clinical (symptomatic) or subclinical (mild symptoms)
An individual that does not exhibit symptoms but harbors organism causing disease
Carrier
The kind of disease transmission that comes from contaminated food or water or fomite
Indirect transmission
Fomite
Inanimate object
Disease transmission method that comes from mosquitos, flies, ticks, etc
Vector transmission
Type of symobiosis in which all parties benefit
Mutualistic
Type of symobiosis in which there is no obvious benefit for involved parties
Commesalistic
Type of symobiosis in which 1 party benefits and 1 party definitely does not benefit
Parasitic
Long term host of pathogen from infectious disease, usually without injury to itself and serves as a source from which other individuals can be infected
Reservoir/source
Inanimate reservoirs: primary vs secondary
Primary: food, soil — microbes are viable and have the capacity to multiply
Secondary: air, soil — viable, do not multiply
Living reservoirs of infection include:
Humans and zoonosis (non-human animals)
Risk for disease are impacted by these 7 factors:
- age
- gender
- ethnicity (genetics)
- nutrition/malnutrition
- pre-existing disease
- occupation
- food and water