PATTERNS OF DISEASE Flashcards
Cite all 4 patterns of disease
Sporadic, Endemic, Epidemic, Pandemic
Few/ isolated/occasional/intermittent
Sporadic
Continuously present in certain geographical area
Endemic
An unusually LARGE NUMBER of cases or occurring over a greater area or both.
Epidemic
Worldwide outbreak
Pandemic
Similar to epidemic, but has spread over several countries or continents, usually
affecting a large number of people.
Pandemic
Similar to an outbreak, but with a LARGER number of cases or occurring over a greater
area or both.
Epidemic
The CONSTANT amount of a specific disease that is usually present in a geographic
location, like a state or country.
Endemic
few and isolated
Sporadic
Valley Fever. This event card is based on valley fever, which is caused by a fungus that lives in the soil. It is
considered endemic because about 10,000
cases are expected to be reported in the United
States each year, mostly from Arizona and
California. This is an example of what patterns of disease?
Endemic
Ebola. This event card is based on the 2014–2016 Ebola ____ in West Africa. More than the expected
number of cases occurred in multiple countries.
Overall, it is considered a/an ______ because it
was primarily contained in the region of West
Africa. This is an example of what patterns of disease?
Epidemic
“Outbreak over a GREATER area.”
tip: primarily contained in the region of West
Africa, then happened in other areas
H1N1 Influenza. This event card is based on the 2009–2010 H1N1 influenza pandemic. It was declared a worldwide __________ on June 11, 2009. At the time, more than 70 COUNTRIES had reported cases of 2009
H1N1 infection, and community level outbreaks
of 2009 H1N1 were ongoing in multiple parts of
the world. This is an example of what patterns of disease?
Pandemic
tip: multiple parts of
the world
Yellow Fever. This event card is based on yellow fever in SubSaharan Africa. It is considered ______
because there are about 84,000–170,000 severe
cases ANUALLY.
Endemic
“constant, specific location”
Diseases that are seen only OCCASIONALLY, and usually WITHOUT geographic concentration, are called sporadic diseases. Examples of ________ diseases include tetanus, rabies, and plague
Sporadic
Epidemic which is an outbreak over “GREATER” area with a specific area and within a TIME PERIOD, compared to Endemic which happens also in specifif location but is “____”.
CONSTANT
Epidemic- with a specific area and within a TIME PERIOD. In August, the Department of Health declared a national dengue epidemic.
vs.
Endemic- specific location but is CONSTANT.
Example: Malaria in palawan, Lymphatic filariasis caused by Wuchereria bancrofti and Brugia malayi is endemic throughout most of the southern half of the Philippine archipelago.
