Lecture 35

Question 1

The five stages of infectious disease

Answer 1

Incubation: - infections agent has invaded tissue and Bergen to multiply - such small number no symptoms -
Prodromal: - as microbe increases and u reach a certain conc you will start to feel sick
Illness: most infectious stage - most likely to spread
Decline: bacteria/virus decreses
Concalesense: no signs or symptoms
All diseases has them just the timing in between is different

ALL TALKING

Question 2

What is epidemiology?

Answer 2

• the study of disease transmission

Question 3

How does disease spread

Answer 3

Question 4

Mortality

Answer 4

Is the incidence of death in a population

Question 5

Morbidity..

Answer 5

Refers to the incidence of disease, including fatal and non fatal diseases

Question 6

The incidence for a disease (exam)

Answer 6

The incidence of a disease is the number of new cases of the disease in a given time period

Question 7

The prevalence

Answer 7

The prevalence of a disease is the total number of new and existing cases in a population in a given time

Question 8

Endemic

Answer 8

The amount of a particular disease that is usually present in a community is referred to as the baseline or endemic level of disease (of a particular geographic area)

Question 9

Sporadic

Answer 9

A disease that occurs on frequently and irregularly

Question 10

Epidemic

Answer 10

An increase, often sudden, in the number of cases of a disease above what is normally expected in that population or area

Question 11

Pandemic

Answer 11

An epidemic that as spread over several countries or continents, usually affecting a large number of people