Types of Carriers/Vectors Flashcards
1
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Convalescent
A
Humans are also capable of spreading disease following a period of illness, typically thinking themselves cured of the disease
2
Q
Incubatory
A
When an individual transmits pathogens immediately following infection but prior to developing symptoms
3
Q
Chronic
A
Someone who can transmit a disease for a long period of time
4
Q
Genetic
A
has inherited a disease trait but shows no symptoms
5
Q
Transient/Temporary
A
Someone who can transmit an infectious disease for a short amount of time
6
Q
Foundation for descriptive epidemiology triad
A
person, place, time
7
Q
Chain of Transmission Triad
A
An external agent
A vector or fomite that transmits the disease
A susceptible host for the disease
