Lesson 12

Question 1

The study of factors that determine the frequency, distribution, and determinants of disease in human populations, and ways to prevent, control, or eradicate diseases

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Epidemiology

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An infectious disease caused by a pathogen

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Communicable disease

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Infectious disease that is transmissible from one human to another

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Communicable diaease

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Infectious disease that human acquire from animal sources

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Zoonotic disease or zoonoses

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The number of new cases of that disease in a defined population during a specific period

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Incidence rate

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The number of new cases of a particular disease that occurred during a specific time of perkld

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Morbidity rate

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Two types of prevalence

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Period prevalence
Point prevalence

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The number of cases of the disease existing in a given population during a specific time of period

(Prevalence)

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Period prevalence

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The number of cases of the disease existing in a given population at particular moment in time

(Prevalence)

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Point prevalence

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It is also known as death rate

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Mortality rate

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The ratio of the number of people who died of a particular disease

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Mortality rate

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Disease that occurs occasionally

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Sporadic disease

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A disease that is always present within the population

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Endemic disease

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Are diseases that occurs in a “greater than usual number of cases” in a particular region, and usually short period of time

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Epidemic disease

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Occuring in epidemic proportions in many countries

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Pandemic disease

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Most devastating pandemic of the 20th century

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Spanish flu

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A measure or degree of pathogenicity

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Virulence

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Six components of chain infection

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Pathogen
Reservoir
Portal of exit
Mode of transition
Portal of entrance
Susceptible host

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A way for the pathogen to escape from reservoir

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Portal of exit

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A way for the pathogen to travel from andy to another species

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Mode of transmission

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A way for the pathogen to gain entry

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Portal of entry

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Sources of microbes

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Reservoir

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Any site where the pathogen can multiply or merely survive

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Reservoir

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It include humans, household pets, farm animals, wild animals, certain insect and certain arachnids

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Iiving reservoir

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A person who is colonized with a certain pathogen

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Carrier

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What are the different type of carriers

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Passive C. Incubatory C. Convalescent C. Active C.

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Carry the pathogen without even having had the disease

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Passive carriers

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A person capable of transmitting a pathogen during incubation period

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Incubatory period

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Harbor and can transmit a particular pathogen while recovering from an infectious disease

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Convalescent C.

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Have completely recovered from the disease, but continue to harbor the pathogen indefinitely

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Active passive

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Are infectious diseases that humans acquire from animal sources

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Zoonotic diseases

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Disease acquired by direct contact of animals

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Zoonotic disease

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Toxoplasmosis is caused by

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Toxoplasma gondii

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Can be contracted by ingesting occytes from cat feces; infected raw meat

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Toxoplasmosis

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Frequent acquired by ingesting salmonella bacteria from the feces of tutles, reptiles and poultry

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Salmonellosise

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Meaning of cj disease

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Creutzfeldt Jakob

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May be acquired by ingestion of prion infected beef from cause with bovine sponge encelopathy (BSE)

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Creuztfeldt Jakob / C J disease

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Another name for bovine spongiform encelopathy

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Mad cow disea see e

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How many are known zoonoses

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200

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Arthropods are referred to as

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Vectors

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The spirochete that causes lyme disease

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Borellia

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An inanimate capable of transmitting pathogens

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