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Nur 306 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS .Buy Quality Materials!
Case
a person who has the condition of interest (infected with specific pathogen)
Case Definition
describes the attributes presented by the case
e.g. fever >38C X 5 days, respiratory distress, history of travel
Efficacy
Ability to ...
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Case
a person who has the condition of interest (infected with specific pathogen)
Case Definition
describes the attributes presented by the case
e.g. fever >38C X 5 days, respiratory distress, history of travel
Efficacy
Ability to achieve desired results in a controlled setting
e.g. within an experiment
Effectiveness
Ability to achieve the desired results within a general or targeted population
Endemic
A disease that is native to a local region
e.g. Corona Virus (common cold) is endemic to PG at 100/100,000p rate based on
population
Epidemic
A rate of disease that is higher than expected endemically
e.g. Corona Virus (common cold) exceeds 100/100,000p in PG
Pandemic
(of a disease) prevalent over a whole country or the world
e.g. Corona Virus (common cold) exceeds 100/100,000 across Canada or further
Propagated Epidemics
Arise from infections transmitted from one infected person to another through direct or
indirect routes
Common-source Epidemics
Outbreak of disease due to contaminated food, water, or other single source of
infectious agent.
e.g. Someone sneezed in the buffet at UNBC, infecting anyone who ate from that
offering
Fomite
A physical object that serves to transmit an infectious agent from person to person.
e.g. Sharing a pen with someone who has gastroenteritis
Vector
A carrier (usually an insect) that carries and spreads a disease organism.
e.g. Mosquito with Malaria
Reservoir
A place where microorganisms survive, multiply, and await transfer to a susceptible
host.
e.g. Deer are a natural reservoir for Borrelia Burgdorferi
Vehicle
, Any substance, such as food or water, that can serve as a mode of transmission for
infectious agents.
e.g. shared needle, or contaminated drinking water
Carrier
A person or animal that can carry a microorganism and have no symptoms.
e.g. flesh eating disease
Descriptive Epidemiology
Form of epidemiology that describes a disease according to dimensions of person
(who/what), place (where), and time (when)
-also interested in the causation (why) and the mechanism (how)
Analytic Epidemiology
examines causal hypotheses regarding the association between exposures and health
conditions
Modes of Transmission
Direct or Indirect contact
Direct can be skin to skin or soil to skin and also droplet spread by sneezing, coughing
or talking
Indirect can be by vector (insect), vehicle (water, biologic product, fomites) or airborne.
*Chain of Transmission
Transmission can be conceptualized as a chain with 6 connected links: infectious agent,
reservoir, portal of exit, mode of transmission, portal of entry, and host susceptibility.
Primordial Prevention
Prevention of the development of risk factors for disease
e.g. hand-washing, "Get Active" ads
Primary Prevention
Any intervention that prevents a disease or condition from occurring.
e.g. vaccinations
Secondary Prevention
Early detection and TX are used to eliminate the disorder or retard its progress, thereby
preventing further complications & improve diagnosis.
Tertiary Prevention
After disease established, to limit complications: TX rationale depends on ability to
prevent disability.
Quaternary Prevention
Efforts specifically aimed at improving the functional capacities of people who have
chronic conditions.
-TX to avoid/prevent a poor death
Etiology
The study of causation.
Horizontal Transmission
A pathogen is passed from one living organism to another living organism through
respiratory droplets, blood, or other bodily fluid.
Vertical Transmission
The route by w/c an infectious disease is transmitted from one generation to the next.
Virulence
Ability of a pathogen to cause disease.
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