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Lecture 17 Epidemiology Flashcards

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1
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What is puerperal fever?

A

bacterial infection of utuerus

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2
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How did women get puerperal fever?

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From delivering babies and not washing hands

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3
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What causes puerperal fever?

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Streptococcus pyogenes

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4
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Attack rate

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Percentage of people who become ill after exposure to infectious agent

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5
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_____ reflects infectious dose

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Attack rate

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6
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Incidence

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Measure of frequency which which new cases of illness occurs among a population during a specified period

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7
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_______ measures risk of an individual contracting a disease

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incidence

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prevalence

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total number of cases at any time or for a specific period in a given population

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morbidity

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incidence of disease in a population

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Mortality

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overall death rate in population

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Case fatality rate

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percent of population that dies from specific disease

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12
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Endemic disease

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constantly present in population

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13
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Sporadic

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few cases from time to time

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14
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epidemic

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unusually large number of cases

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outbreak

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group of cases at specific time and population

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16
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Pandemic

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global

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17
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Reservoir of infection

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natural habitat of pathogen

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18
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Pathogen is easier to control if

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humans are only reservoir

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19
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zoonoses exist is ______

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animals

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20
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zoonoses can be transmitted to ______

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humans

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21
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environmental reservoirs are difficult to ______

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eliminate

22
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what are the portals of exit

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intestinal tract, respiratory tract, skin, genital pathogens

23
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vertical transmission

A

pregnant mother to fetus in utero
mother to infant during childbirth
breast feeding

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horizontal transmission

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person to person via air, physical contact, ingestion of food or water

25
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direct transmission

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immediate transfer of infectious agent to portal of entry

26
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organisms with ______ infectious dose are transmitted by direct contact

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low

27
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aerosol droplet transmission can spread respiratory disease when

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droplets are inhaled

28
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airborne transmission causes respiratory disease by small droplets released when

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talking, travel further than aerosal droplet

29
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aerosol droplet nuclei

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microbes attached to dried material that remain suspended

30
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vehicle borne transmission

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transmitted by objects, food, water

31
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fomites

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inanimate objects

32
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vector-borne tranmission

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living organism that can carry pathogen

33
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Vectors are usually

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arthropods: mosquitos, flies, ticks

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mechanical vector

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carries microbe on body from one location to location

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biological vector

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participates in life cycle of pathogen, provides a place for it to multiply

36
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virulence

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ability to cause disease

37
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dose

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number of pathogens introduced, minimum number of pathogens required to produce symptoms

38
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incubcation period

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influences extent of spread

39
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immunity to pathogen is caused by

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previous exposure, immunization

40
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______ are less likely to update immunizations

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elderly

41
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______ are most likely to develop UTIs, this is because urethra is shorter

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Women

42
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how does breastfeeding affect infection

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provides protective antibodies to infant

43
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CDC publishes what report about labs, data, public health

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Morbidity and Mortality weekly report (MMWR)

44
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What does World Health Organization do?

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Provides worldwide guidance, global standards for health, health technology, info about epidemics

45
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emerging infectious disease

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recently increased in incidence

46
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Healthcare associated infectious

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acquired while receiving treatment in hospital

one of top 10 causes of death in the US

47
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______ infectious affect 5% of patients

A

hospital acquired nosocomial infections

48
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gram ______ can thrive in sinks, ventilators, toilets

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gram negative rods

49
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CDC established ______ for healthcare-associated infections

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healthcare infection control practices advisory committe (HICPAC)

50
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NHSN

A

national healthcare safety network
tracks data, identifies problem areas, assesses progression

51
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what is a focus on the future of bacteria

A

category A agents of bioterrorism

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