Module 1 Flashcards
1
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Epidemic
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Unexpected increase in number of disease cases in specific geographical area
2
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Pandemic
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Epidemic that spread over several countries, affecting large number of people
3
Q
Name 4 virus pandemics
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- Cocoliztli epidemic 1545-1548
- Philadelphia yellow fever epidemic 179
- Flu pandemic 1889-1890
- American polio epidemic 1916
- Spanish flu 1918-1920
- Asian flu 1957-1958
- Aids pandemic and epidemic 1981-present
- H1N1 swine flu pandemic 2009-2010
- West African Ebola epidemic 2014-2016
- Zika virus epidemic 2015-present
- Sars-cov2 (Covid-19)
4
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Name 4 bacterial epidemics
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- Plague of Justinian AD 541-542
- The Black Death 1346-1353
- Great plague of London 1665-1666
- Great plague of Marseille 1720-1723
- Russian plague 1770-1772
5
Q
Name 3 plant pathogen epidemics
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- Potato blight epidemic
- Rice pathogen (brown spot) i.e., Bengal famine
- Leaf blight
6
Q
Indigenous smallpox outbreak (6)
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No infrastructure in place, food shortages, spreading disease by travel, living in close quarters, asymptomatic, no resistance
7
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Parasitic alveolate epidemic
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Malaria
8
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Pathogen
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Naturally occurring microorganism that causes disease
9
Q
Toxin
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Poisonous chemicals produced by living organism, not self-replicating (not contagious)
10
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Modes of dissemination
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Aerosol, water, food, direct
