LAB Quiz 1-2 Flashcards

1
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Habitat where the infectious agent lives, grows, multiplies

Can be humans, animals, or the environment

Examples: Sick people or animals, contaminated water, healthy people or animals (carriers)

  1. Reservoir
  2. mode of transmission
  3. Fomites
  4. Vector
A

a. Reservoir

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2
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Ingestion, inhalation of aerosolized agents, direct skin contact, open wounds, animal bites, blood-to-blood contact, sexual contact

  1. Reservoir
  2. mode of transmission
  3. Fomites
  4. Vector
A

mode of transmission

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3
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contaminated objects; any inanimate object that can carry a disease-causing organism

  1. Reservoir
  2. mode of transmission
  3. Fomites
  4. Vector
A

Fomites

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4
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any living organism that transmits a disease to humans. Example: biting insects (mosquitoes transmitting malaria).

  1. Reservoir
  2. mode of transmission
  3. Fomites
  4. Vector
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Vector

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5
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In order to transmit an infection disease a ____ is needed with a port of entry

  1. susceptible host
  2. Index case
  3. Common source epidemic
  4. Propagated transmission
A

susceptible host

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6
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•first case of a disease

  1. susceptible host
  2. Index case
  3. Common source epidemic
  4. Propagated transmission
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Index case

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  • Disease is transmitted from a location (building, contaminated water)
  • Can infect many people at once
  1. susceptible host
  2. Index case
  3. Common source epidemic
  4. Propagated transmission
A

c. Common source epidemic

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  • Disease is transmitted from person to person
  • Infects only one or a few people at a time
  1. susceptible host
  2. Index case
  3. Common source epidemic
  4. Propagated transmission
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d. Propagated transmission

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9
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(this is a rate)

  1. Incidence
  2. Prevalence
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Incidence

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10
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  • Number of new cases of a disease reported in a defined population during a specific time period
  • Speed at which new cases of disease occur in a population
  • Calculated by dividing the number of new cases by the size of the population at the midpoint of the time period
  1. Incidence
  2. Prevalence
A

Incidence

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11
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•Number of new cases of a disease reported in a defined population during a specific time period

  1. Incidence
  2. Prevalence
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Incidence

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12
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On May 1, 2017, 32 microbiology students at SPC had Lyme disease. During the month of May, 60 more microbiology students were diagnosed with Lyme disease. The population of SPC microbiology students throughout May was 240

What is this an example of?

  1. Incidence
  2. Prevalence
A

Incidence

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13
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(this is a ratio)

  1. Incidence
  2. Prevalence
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Prevalence

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14
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•Number of cases of a disease at a specific point in time in a defined population

  1. Incidence
  2. Prevalence
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Prevalence

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15
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•Calculated by dividing number of existing cases at a given time point by the size of the population

  1. Incidence
  2. Prevalence
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Prevalence

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16
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•Sometimes called “point prevalence”

  1. Incidence
  2. Prevalence
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Prevalence

17
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_____includes all cases, both new and preexisting, in the population at the specified time

  1. Incidence
  2. Prevalence
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Prevalence

18
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_____ is limited to new cases only

  1. Incidence
  2. Prevalence
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Incidence

19
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•enlargement of an image

  1. Magnification
  2. Total magnification
  3. Resolution
  4. Limit of resolution
A

Magnification

20
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•multiply power of objective lens by the power of the ocular lens

  1. Magnification
  2. Total magnification
  3. Resolution
  4. Limit of resolution
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Total magnification

21
Q

•ability to tell two images apart

  1. Magnification
  2. Total magnification
  3. Resolution
  4. Limit of resolution
A

Resolution

22
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•measurement of how far apart two points must be for the microscope to view them as being separate

  1. Magnification
  2. Total magnification
  3. Resolution
  4. Limit of resolution
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Limit of resolution