part 2

Question 1

inanimate objects that serve as a role in disease transmission

Answer 1

fomites

Question 2

any living non human carrier of the disease that transport and seeves the process of disease tranmission

Answer 2

vector

Question 3

humans, animals, plants, soils or inanimate organic matter in which infectious organisms live and multiply

Answer 3

reservoirs

Question 4

when an animal transmits a disease to a human

Answer 4

zoonosis

Question 5

some carriers may be infected and not be sick

Answer 5

typhoid mary

Question 6

typhoid fever is caused by

Answer 6

salmonella typhi

Question 7

have typhoid fever in their gall bladder

Answer 7

healthy carriers

Question 8

was the first person in the US to be identified as a healthy carrier of a typhoid fever

Answer 8

mary mallon

Question 9

may or may not exhibit signs of symptoms of infection

Answer 9

active carrier

Question 10

exposed to and harbors disease causing organism (pathogen) and is in the recovery phase but is still infectious

Answer 10

convalescent carrier

Question 11

exposed to and harbor pathogen, has not shown any symptoms

Answer 11

healthy carrier

Question 12

those who can transmit the agent during the incubation period before the clinical illness begins

Answer 12

incubatory carrier

Question 13

is contaminated with the pathogen and can mechanically transmit it to another host

Answer 13

passive carrier

Question 14

two general modes of transmission

Answer 14

direct and indirect tranmission

Question 15

immediate transfer of the pathogen from a host/reservoir to a susceptible host

Answer 15

direct transmission

Question 16

can occur through direct physical contact or direct physical contact

Answer 16

direct tranmission

Question 17

pathogens or agents are transferred or carried by some intermediate item or organism, means or process to a susceptible host

Answer 17

indirect transmission

Question 18

a pathogen uses a host (fly, flea, louse, rat) as a mechanism for a ride or nourishment this is a ….

Answer 18

mechanical transmission

Question 19

levels of disease

Answer 19

acute
subacute
chronic

Question 20

relatively severe of short duration and often treatable
-usually the patient often recover or ide

Answer 20

acute

Question 21

intermediate in severity and duration, having some acute aspect to the disease but of longer duration and with a degree of severity
- patient expected to eventually heal

Answer 21

subacute

Question 22

less severe but of long and continuous duration, lasting over a long time period, if not a lifetime
- patients may not fully recover and the disease can get worse overtime

Answer 22

chronic

Question 23

results when exposure to a disease organism triggers the immune system to produce antibodies to that disease

Answer 23

active inmunity

Question 24

acquired from exposure to the disease organism through infection with the actual disease

Answer 24

natural immunity

Question 25

acquired through the introduction of a killed or weakens form of the disease organism through vaccination

Answer 25

vaccine-induced immunity

Question 26

acquired through transplacental transfer of a mothers immunity to diseases to the unborn child (also via breastfeeding)

Answer 26

passive immunity

Question 27

can also come from the introduction of already produced antibodies into a susceptible case

Answer 27

passive immunity

Question 28

the resistance of a population or group (herd) has to the invasion and spread of an infectious disease

Answer 28

herd immunity

Question 29

occurs when a large portion of immunity (the herd) becomes immune to the disease

Answer 29

herd immunity

Question 30

disease for which vaccines are used

Answer 30

anthrax
chicken pox
cholera
diptheria
german measles
hepatitis A and B
influenza
malaria
measles