Terminology

Question 1

morbidity

Answer 1

The number of people WITH the disease or condition (rate)

the condition of suffering from a disease or medical condition.

Question 2

Mortality

Answer 2

The number of DEATHS in a population
the state of being subject to death.

Question 3

pathogenicity

Answer 3

Whether or not the disease can cause damage

Question 4

virulence

Answer 4

How harmful the disease is

Question 5

infectivity

Answer 5

How easily spreadable is the disease

Question 6

Incident rate

Answer 6

The number of new cases in a population

Question 7

Reproduction number

Answer 7

How many people can 1 infected person infect

Question 8

carrier

Answer 8

The person has the disease without showing any symptoms

Question 9

incubation period

Answer 9

How long it takes to develop symptoms after exposure to the disease

Question 10

Zoonotic infection

Answer 10

a disease that is transmitted from a nonhuman animal to a human being

Question 11

Vehicle transmission

Answer 11

transmission by an inanimate reservoir (food, water, air)

Question 12

Airborne transmission

Answer 12

occurs through contact with contaminated respiratory droplets spread by a cough or sneeze. Can linger in the air.

Question 13

Vector transmission

Answer 13

transmission of an infectious agent by an insect, arthropod, or animal

Question 14

Droplet transmission

Answer 14

transmission via airborne droplets less than 1 meter