Epidemiology 4/28
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| quantitative study of the occurrence of disease and factors that influence disease frequency and distribution | Epidemilogy
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| 4 disease categoriesa as they relate to epidemiology | endemic, epidemic, sporadic, and pandemic
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| is one that is always present withing a population occurring all the time | endemic disease
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| occur in small localized unpredictable outbreaks | sporadic disease
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| when the # of a disease is above the expected background level | epidemic disease
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| when disease is spreading to involve people in multiple nations on more than one continent | pandemic disease
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| the total of all potential sources for a disease causing agent | reservoirs
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| 5 non living reservoirs | water, air, soil, food,and fomites
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| small articles like bedding or utensils that bacteria can be carried on | fomites
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| non living factors involved in disease transmission | vehicles
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| 4 living reservoirs | humans, non human animals, arthropods, and vectors
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| diseases usually associated with non human animals but can be transmitted to humans like Plaque and Lyme disease are called | zoonoses
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| are living organisms involved in disease transmission like lice and ticks | vectors
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| the 2 primary factos influencing the prevalence of disease are | the reservoirs involved and the mode of transmission
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| __ transmission occurs between a susceptible host and a living reservoir | direct transmission
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| __ transmission when a susceptible host contracts a vehicle previously in contact with a reservoir | indirect transmission
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| the primary factor influencing mode of transmission for a particular pathogen is... | how sensitive the pathogen is to exposure
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| the # of cases of a particular disease per unit population and time period | morbidity rate
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| the # of deaths attributed to a specific disease per unit population and time period | mortality rate
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