Epidemiology Review

What type of disease pattern spreads rapidly over countries and continents?

• Outbreak

• Pandemic

• Epidemic

• Endemic

Any virus, bacteria, fungi, or parasite that can cause a disease in a living thing is called a

• cancer.

• pathogen.

• gene.

• toxin.

What type of disease pattern spreads rapidly in a population or region affecting more than expected?

• Endemic

• Pandemic

• Epidemic

• Outbreak

Which of the following is an example of direct contact with an infected person?

• sneezing

• shaking hands

What is an infectious disease?

• A disease that cannot be spread to others.

• A disease that can be spread to others.

• A disease that can only be spread by mosquitoes.

• A disease that can be caused by disinfectants.

A disease that is found in small amounts, consistently within a population

• pandemic

• endemic

• epidemic

• outbreak

Health care experts who study trends in health issues in populations and deploy public announcements, education initiatives, and protocols to protect the health of the nation.

• epidemiologists

• dermatologists

• medical examiners

• immunologist

An organism that holds or carries a pathogen but does not show any symptoms

• Contagion
• Vector
• Carrier
• Host cell

A sudden increase of a specific disease

• Epidemic
• Pandemic
• Outbreak
• Contagion

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To separate individuals that are known to be affected by a disease from those who are not; done to stop spread of infectious diseases

• Sanitation
• Quarantine
• Infected
• Contagion