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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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