Intro/Transmission to Epidemiology

What term describes "illness within a population"

• mortality

• virulent

• carcinogen

• morbidity

What term describes "death within a population"

• mortality

• virulent

• botulism

• morbidity

In epidemiology, ______________ are factors/events that are capable of bringing about a change in health.

• distribution

• phenomena

• viscosity

• determinants

A widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time

• Health crisis

• Pandemic

• Epidemic

• Endemic

___________________ discovered that diseases are caused by specific living organisms

• Robert Koch

• Edward Jenner

• Alexander Fleming

• Jonas Salk

According to Koch's postulates, the microorganism must be observed ...

• during the death process

• after the patient has died

• as soon as the patient is infected

• in every case of the disease

incidence

• the total number of infections present

• the total number of deaths

• total number of pediatric deaths

• total number of new infections

zoonotic disease

• a disease that can only be passed from person to person

• a disease that can only be passed from human to human

• a disease that can be passed from human to animal and vice versa

Select all that apply. What are the three main contributors to disease occurence?

• Environment

• Agent

• Human

• Host

• Pollen

Capacity of agent to enter and multiply in host and produce infection or disease

• incidence

• virulence

• infectivity

• pathogenicity