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Health Geo Exam

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Subclinical Condition Does Not Occur Under The Skin
Typhus Water-[un]washed disease
1920 Diphtheria Vaccine Was Introduced
Facts about using maps features should "tell a story", be generalized or simplified
Study of disease ecology Studies physical, social, and biological environments.
Cause of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Wood Ticks
Stage four of the demographic transition model low fertility rates [below 2 children], elderly population is higher than the youth.
dependent variables depend on the other variable and change based off of it.
Cause of Lyme Disease Bacteria Infection through ticks
Region with the highest concentration of Lyme Disease in 2007 Northeast
Biggest cause of death in NYC since the 1940s cardiovascular disease
how many independent variables can be tested in a controlled experiment? One
Highest concentration of meth abusers in 2008? Midwest/West
What increased after the construction of the what dam? Schistosomiasis; Aswan
14 Years life expectancy improved by in the US from 1940s to 2000s
Spatial Analysis Definition and Example "Spatial Data Production"; Geocoding
Malaria Vector Genus Anopheles; female; mosquito
Air Quality Not a human factor of disease distribution and security
Disease transmission patterns dictated by mobility patterns Contact, Hierarchical, Relocation
Positive Spatial Autocorrelation Nearby/Neighboring areas are more alike
Example of Active Immunity Vaccination
High Concertation of the Rocky Mountain Wood Tick Northwest
Part of the first phase of the Zelensky Mobility Phase Local circulation Only
What variable do you want to study or measure? Dependent Variable
What countries have fewer percentage of injuries? high-income
What increased after the construction of what in Brazil? Vectored Diseases; transportation routes
1963 Measles Vaccine Introduced
Spatial Data Analysis Definition and Example "Spatial Statistics"; Hot-Spot/Clustering
What are vectors? Living agents that transmit pathogens
climate not a part of landscape epidemiology
Japan and Eastern Europe belong to the Accelerated Epidemiological Transition Model
vector data model points, lines, polygons, shapefiles, areas, regions
Study of ecology studies living organisms and their relationship between the biotic and abiotic environments.
Schools Habitat factor of disease distribution and security
Neonatal leading cause of death of children 5 and under
Spatial Analysis Geocoding, Buffering/Overlay, Sampling/Subsetting, Proximity/network distance, and mapping
Chagas Disease Cause Protozoan Infection through the reduviid bug
Most cases of malaria Sub-Sahara Africa
Lowest Life Expectancy At Birth 2003 Sub-Sahara Africa
Spatial Data Analysis ESDA, Clustering/Hot-Spot, Autocorrelation, Spatial/Geostatistical Modeling
When many people in a community are immune normally by vaccine, so others who are not immune are less likely to get sick herd Immunity
Lyme Disease Symptoms "Bulls eye" rash, swollen lymphnodes, fever, chills, [not cough]
Stage two of Orman's epidemiological transition model Epidemics cause death, nutrition and food increase, more people leave farms to work in factories, [not subsidence ecosystems]
What a pattern is. frequent arrangement, regular, rule or law, trend, shows irregularity
Jacques May Father of medical geography in the US
Age that is more at risk with the Rocky Mountain Spotted fever 5-9 years old
Share a higher percentage among adult population in developed countries than those in developing countries. noncommunicable diseases
not a pattern random, w/o rule, accidental, casual
typically persists over a long period time and is not curable chronic disease
included in a silent zone vector and agent
highest percentage of senior population japan
cartographer communication; beauty and accuracy
cause of schistosomiasis fluke infection through snail
Salmonella Water-borne disease
international migration of professionals fourth phase of the zelinsky mobility phase
Choropleth Map areas are colored or shaded to represent density of a particular phenomenon
Morality measures what? incidence of death in a population
chronic condition persists over a long period of time examples are diabetes and heart
infectious disease short duration. examples are flu or cold
hantavirus cause mouse or rodents
physical insult example radiation
___increased after___for___in Malaysia malaria; land clearance; rubber plantations
what can cause an outbreak of malaria where it had been eliminated? mosquitos can become resistant to pesticides, migration of population due to war, malarial parasites can be resistant to quinine
What contributed to the US termination of Malaria? Built houses made of glass, brick, screen, a.c., and indoor plumbing. sprayed houses with DDT after 1945. Drain glaciated land for crops. used railroads for transportation instead of canals. Did not Vaccinate all americans.
stage two of the demographic transition model? high birth rates, low death rates, introduction of modern medicine, rapid population growth, many LCDs.
Germany belongs to the classical epidemiological transition model
whopping cough vaccine introduced and widely used in the US late 1940s
stage one of the demographic transition model? high birth and death rates. fairly constant population size
brazil belongs to the delayed epidemiological transition model
US adults with regular physical activity in the US 2002 women
Influenza A Infects humans, horses, birds, swine
how does a new infection through a population move? starts slow, moves rapidly, then ends slow
concept of distance decay places that are closer to the source = higher incidence of death
barrier of disease diffusion border control
chloroquine method used to combat malaria
type of diffusion hierarchical, relocation, expansion
reasons for emerging diseases food/drought, drug resistance, globalization of food supply
combat methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus broad-spectrum antibiotics
SIR Model susceptible, infected, removed
Combat Infection Administering Vaccine
Disease Diffusion Spread of disease into new locations
infection spreads into a new area leaving behind the source
Ro Basic Reproductive Rate
Infects humans only influenza B
contributes to the reduction of disease spread good public health education
examples of diffusion COVID-19, Spanish Flu, Common Cold
what can be used to cure people with tuberculosis? antibiotics
what disease organisms evolve to become more benign over time to reach a state of commensalism with the host? Chickenpox
What can pass from one organism to another? Infectious disease
What places have higher zoonotic pathogens from wildlife in the world? India, East China, Southeast Africa, West Africa
what places have higher zoonotic pathogens from non-wildlife in the world? East China and North India
What is a good example of the underlying driver for SARS? Air Travel
Persistent Disease Guinea Worm
Infectious Diseases are? Contagious
What is one way to prevent the spread of an infectious disease? Washing your hands
What is part of ecological change that infects diseases? Dams
Re-emerging disease West Nile
What is a scientific name for any organism that causes an infectious disease? Pathogen
what reduces the spread of malaria? bed net
what can host influenza? bird, farm animals, swine, poultry
zika and chickenpox are caused by viruses
what factors lead to creating new infectious diseases? co-infection of a single host, a sudden change in the antigens, animal host virus has a mutation that enables human infection.
what is the most common infectious disease in the US? Common cold
example of direct contact shaking hands
What was the source that the WHO first learned about the coronavirus outbreak from? Social Media
What was the date of the first COVID patient based on The Lancet in 2020? 10/23/2019
Who criticized Trump's nationwide travel ban from China in early 2020? Joe Biden and Chinese Officials
Why was the university lab in Shanghai shut down by authorities? punished for unauthorized sharing of the virus genome.
What infectious disease killed about 1/3 of the planet's population at the time? 1918 Spanish Flu
all received funds to develop the vaccine. Moderna, AstraZeneca, Johnson and Johnson, Novavax
Who was the scientist who escaped from China and claimed that COVID-19 was made in the Wuhan Lab? Dr. Li-Meng Yan
What date did Wuhan lock down to make an effort to quarantine COVID? 1/23/2020
Created by: mag_piez
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