Back to marketplace

lecture 22 epidemology

No description yet. This curated deck is ready for daily study.

Total cards: 24•Content version: v4•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

Card preview (24)

#1
Front (Question)

what is epidemology

Back (Answer)

study of occurence, distribution, control of health and disease

#2
Front (Question)

disease occuring randomly, irregularly is called

Back (Answer)

sporadic

#3
Front (Question)

disease is constantly present, at low levels in a population

Back (Answer)

endemic

#4
Front (Question)

outbreak affeting a large population

Back (Answer)

epidmeic

#5
Front (Question)

sudden, unexpected occurence, localized is called

Back (Answer)

outbreak

#6
Front (Question)

global epidemic is called

Back (Answer)

Pandemic

#7
Front (Question)

what is teh index case

Back (Answer)

the first patient presenting the symptoms

#8
Front (Question)

incidence of a disease is called

Back (Answer)

morbidity

#9
Front (Question)

incidence of death among infected indidviduals

Back (Answer)

case fatality rate

#10
Front (Question)

learn measuremnt formula

Back (Answer)

salmonella outbreak

#11
Front (Question)

small mutations in virulence factors help avoid immune response is called

Back (Answer)

antigenic drift

#12
Front (Question)

major change in antigenic character of virulence factor

Back (Answer)

antigenic shift

#13
Front (Question)

Antigenic shift in influenza virus

Back (Answer)

can become superinfected ,

#14
Front (Question)

the process of animal disease being transmitted to humans

Back (Answer)

zoonosis

#15
Front (Question)

organism that transmits disease from one host to another

Back (Answer)

vector

#16
Front (Question)

inaminate object, contaminated

Back (Answer)

fomite

#17
Front (Question)

nosocomial infection

Back (Answer)

infection acquired in the hospital

#18
Front (Question)

nosocomial infection is also known as

Back (Answer)

Helathcare Associated Infections (HAI)

#19
Front (Question)

sourced of pathogens

Back (Answer)

water food soil

#20
Front (Question)

know the modes of transmission

Back (Answer)

but not examples

#21
Front (Question)

host susceptibility

Back (Answer)

host defense nutrition genetic disposition stress

#22
Front (Question)

innate or induced resistance to a pathogen

Back (Answer)

immunity

#23
Front (Question)

most of the population is immune, whihc protects small group of non-immune

Back (Answer)

herd immunity

#24
Front (Question)

purpose of high herd immunity

Back (Answer)

it is difficult for pathogen to spread throughout the population