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Question 1

Is a type of disease caused by some specific biological agents or its toxic products that can be transmitted from an infected animal, or inanimate reservoir to a susceptible host.

Answer 1

Infectious Disease

Question 2

Illnesses that cannot be
transmitted from one person to
another.

Answer 2

Noninfectious Disease

Question 3

the ability of a biological
agent to enter and grow in the
host.

Answer 3

Infectivity

Question 4

the capability of a
communicable disease agent to
cause disease in a susceptible
host.

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Pathogenicity

Question 5

Ability of an infectious agent
to cause severe disease.

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Virulence

Question 6

The minimal requirements for the
occurrence and spread of
communicable diseases in a
population—agent, host, and
environment

Answer 6

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE MODEL

Question 7

Name of Agent: Varicella Virus
Disease:

Answer 7

Name of Agent: Varicella Virus
Disease: Chickenpox

Question 8

Name of Agent: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
Disease:

Answer 8

Name of Agent: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
Disease: Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)

Question 9

Name of Agent: Rubella Virus
Disease:

Answer 9

Name of Agent: Rubella Virus
Disease: German Measles

Question 10

Name of Agent: Rickettsia Rickettsii
Disease:

Answer 10

Name of Agent: Rickettsia Rickettsii
Disease: Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

Question 11

Name of Agent: Vibrio Cholerae
Disease:

Answer 11

Name of Agent: Vibrio Cholerae
Disease: Cholera

Question 12

Name of Agent: Clostridium Tetani
Disease:

Answer 12

Name of Agent: Clostridium Tetani
Disease: Tetanus

Question 13

Name of Agent: Yersinia Pestis
Disease:

Answer 13

Name of Agent: Yersinia Pestis
Disease: Plague

Question 14

Name of Agent: Borrelia Burgdorferi
Disease:

Answer 14

Name of Agent: Borrelia Burgdorferi
Disease: Lyme Disease

Question 15

Name of Agent: Entamoeba Histolytica
Disease:

Answer 15

Name of Agent: Entamoeba Histolytica
Disease: Amebic Dysentery

Question 16

Name of Agent: Plasmodium Falciparum
Disease:

Answer 16

Name of Agent: Plasmodium Falciparum
Disease: Malaria

Question 17

Name of Agent: Trypanosoma Gambiense
Disease:

Answer 17

Name of Agent: Trypanosoma Gambiense
Disease: African Sleeping Sickness

Question 18

Name of Agent: Tinea Cruris
Disease:

Answer 18

Name of Agent: Tinea Cruris
Disease: Jock Itch

Question 19

Name of Agent: Tinea Pedis
Disease:

Answer 19

Name of Agent: Tinea Pedis
Disease: Athlete’s Foot

Question 20

Name of Agent: Wuchereria Bancrofti
Disease:

Answer 20

Name of Agent: Wuchereria Bancrofti
Disease: Filariasis (Elephantiasis)

Question 21

Name of Agent: Onchocerca Volvulus
Disease:

Answer 21

Name of Agent: Onchocerca Volvulus
Disease: Onchocerciasis (River Blindness)

Question 22

a person who is sick with a disease.

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Case

Question 23

a person or animal that
harbors a specific communicable
agent in the absence of discernible
clinical disease and serves as a
potential source of infection to
others.

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Carrier

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a communicable disease
transmissible under natural
conditions from vertebrate animals
to humans

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Zoonosis

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a disease that infects only humans.

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Anthroponosis

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an inanimate material or object that can serve as a source of infection.

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Vehicle

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a living organism, usually an arthropod (e.g., mosquito, tick, louse, or flea), that can transmit a communicable agent to susceptible hosts.

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Vector

Question 28

time interval between initial contact with an infectious agent and appearance of the first sign or symptom of disease in question.

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Incubation

Question 29

period of communicability is the time during which an infectious agent may be transferred directly or indirectly from an infected person to another person, from an infected animal to humans, or from an infected person to animals. Also known as the “infectious period”.

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Communicability

Question 30

Any microorganism capable of causing a disease.

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CAUSATIVE AGENT

Question 31

Is the habitat where the agent survives, grows, and/or multiplies

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RESERVOIR

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Path by which an infectious agent leaves its reservoir.

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PORTAL OF EXIT

Question 33

Refers to the manner in which a pathogen enters a susceptible host

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PORTAL OF ENTRY

Question 34

a person who can become infected by the infectious agent.

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SUSCEPTIBLE HOST

Question 35

tend to be of long duration and are the result of a combination of genetic, physiologic, environmental, and behavioral factors.

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NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASE (NCDs) / Chronic Diseases

Question 36

a chronic disease characterized by damage to blood vessels of the brain resulting in disruption of circulation to the brain.

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Cerebrovascular disease (stroke)

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uncontrolled new tissue growth resulting from cells that have lost control over their growth and division.

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Malignant neoplasm

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the spread of cancer cells to distant parts of the body by the circulatory or lymphatic system.

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Metastasis

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a chronic disease characterized by damage to the coronary arteries in the heart.

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Coronary heart disease (CHD)

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A visual representation of the host together with various internal and external factors that promote and protect against disease

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MULTICAUSATION DISEASE MODEL

Question 41

the planning for and taking of action to forestall the onset of a disease or other health problem.

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Prevention

Question 42

the complete elimination or uprooting of a disease (e.g., small pox eradication).

Answer 42

Eradication

Question 43

efforts to control a disease in progress.

Answer 43

Intervention

Question 44

Preventive measures that forestall the onset of illness injury during the prepathogenesis period.

Answer 44

Preventive Intervention

Question 45

Preventive measures that lead to an early diagnosis and prompt treatment of a diseaseor injury to limit disability and prevent more severe pathogenesis.

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Secondary Intervention

Question 46

Measures aimed at rehabilitation following significant pathogenesis.

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Tertiary Intervention

Question 47

occurs when exposure to a disease-causing organism prompts the immune system to develop antibodies against that disease.

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Active immunity

Question 48

occurs when a person receives antibodies against a disease rather than their immune system producing them.

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Passive immunity

Question 49

the separation of infected persons from those who are susceptible.

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Isolation

Question 50

limitation of freedom of movement of those who have been exposed to a disease and may be incubating it.

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Quarantine

Question 51

the killing of communicable disease agents outside the host.

Answer 51

Disinfection