R0

Question 1

What is an infectious disease?

Answer 1

Disease caused by a microorganism and therefore potentially transferable to new individuals

Question 2

What is a communicable disease?

Answer 2

An infectious disease that can be transmitted from one individual to another

Question 3

What is a contagious disease?

Answer 3

A very communicable disease capable of spreading readily between individuals

Question 4

What is a transmissible disease?

Answer 4

A disease that can only be transmitted between individuals by unnatural routes

Question 5

What are D Kappa and Beta?

Answer 5

D- how long the person is infectious for
Kappa- number of people the infected animal contacts
Beta- the proportion of contacted individuals that end up catching the disease

Question 6

What is R0 and what is its equation?

Answer 6

The number of new cases that arise directly from an infectious individual which enters an entirely susceptible population

R0 = D x K x B

Question 7

What does R0 show?

Answer 7

R0 > 1 epidemic is likely
R0 = 1 endemic disease
R0 < 1 Extinction of the pathogen is likely

Question 8

What is the equation for R?

Answer 8

R = R0 x Proportion of susceptible population

Question 9

How can disease be controlled to affect R and R0?

Answer 9

Vaccination
Quarantine 
Culling
Biosecurity
Antibiotics