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MCB-Disease-Vocab
PBSC-MCB-Principles of Disease-Vocabulary Only
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The cause of the disease is its _______. | Etiology |
| _____ microorganisms are those that cause disease when the host is in a weakened condition, or when the organism enters a site not normally inhabited by the microbe. | Opportunistic |
| A _____ infection is an acute infection that causes the disease. | primary |
| A ______ infection is one that shows no outward signs or symptoms. | subclinical |
| _____ infections are those that spread throughout the body via the lymphatic system or circulatory system. | systemic |
| _____ diseases are those that are EASILY transmitted person to person. | Contagious |
| _____ are objective changes in the body that can be observed or measured by the health care worker (such as temperature, swelling). | Signs |
| _____ diseases are those that cannot be spread from person to person (not transmissible). | Non-communicable |
| Name the two contagious diseases found in your notes. | Chicken pox, measles |
| A specific group of symptoms and signs that frequently accompanies a specific disease. | Syndrome |
| Name both diseases that are considered non-communicable in your notes. | Tetanus and anthrax |
| _____ diseases are always present in the population. | Endemic |
| AIDS patients often develop this secondary infection due to their immunocompromised state. | Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) |
| _____ are subjective changes in body function such as pain or achiness. | Symptoms |
| _____ diseases develop slowly and persist or are recurrent over long periods of time. | Chronic |
| The etiological agent is the _____ _____of a disease. | Causative agent |
| ______ occur when large numbers of people are infected in a very short period of time. | Epidemics |
| A _____ infection occurs when an opportunistic pathogen infects the host due to its weakened condition. | Secondary |
| _____ diseases are those that are spread (transmissible) from person to person. | Communicable |
| The fraction of the population that contracts a disease during a particular PERIOD of time is known as _______. | Incidence |
| Droplet transmission as a result of a cough or a sneeze is a type of ______ transmission. | Vehicle |
| ______ are world-wide epidemics. | Pandemics |
| ______ diseases develop rapidly and do not last a long time. | Acute |
| _____ _____ transmission occurs when there is interaction between two people, the source of the disease and the susceptible host. | Direct contact |
| _____ infections are limited to a small area of the body. | Local |
| Name all 4 types of communicable diseases listed in your notes. | Chicken pox, measles, genital herpes and T.B. |
| A change in the health of an individual that results from an infection. | Disease |
| The manner in which a disease develops is known as _____. | Pathogenesis |
| A non-living item such as kleenex, glassware, etc., that transmits the disease between people. | Fomite |
| The fraction of the population that is infected with the disease at a specific point in time is known as _____. | Prevalence |
| ________ _________ transmission is the passage of the pathogen to another person via an inanimate object. | Indirect Contact |
| Transmission of the disease agent by food, water or air is known as _____________ transmission. | Vehicle |
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