Week 2- Something Is Not Right

Question 1

What is a closed population?

Answer 1

A group of animals that remains constant throughout the study

Question 2

What is an open population?

Answer 2

A group of animals where individuals may be moving in and out throughout the study

Question 3

What is horizontal transmission of a disease?

Answer 3

Not generational- passed between animals either directly or indirectly

Question 4

What is direct horizontal transmission?

Answer 4

Disease spread directly from host to host, e.g. through coughing, sneezing etc.

Question 5

What is indirect horizontal transmission?

Answer 5

Spread through vectors, either living or non-living. Living vectors can be mechanical, such as fleas, mozzies, or biological, which means the agent undergoes part of its lifecycle with the vector. Non-living vectors are fomites

Question 6

What are fomites?

Answer 6

Inanimate objects or materials that carry infection, such as vehicles, clothing etc.

Question 7

What are arboviruses?

Answer 7

Viruses spread through the bite of arthropods such as ticks and mozzies.