Unit 3 Review

What is the official definition of Epidemiology from the CDC?

• Science of looking at health of individuals

• Study of distribution and determinants of health-related states among specified individuals

• Study of distribution and determinants of health-related states among specified populations

• Study of distribution and determinants of health-related states in order to form treatment options for populations

Which of the following could be used to prevent food-borne illness?

• Wash hands

• Wash meat

• Cook food thoroughly

• Use the same cutting board for uncooked meat and produce

• Refrigerate perishable food in two hours

Which of the following elements does a case definition have?

• Personal details

• Risk factors

• Symptoms

• Diagnosis

• Onset

What is E. coli?

• Virus

• Bacteria

• Prion

• Protozoa

Calculate the attack rate of swimming in the neighborhood pool if 8 individuals who swam in the pool were sick and 2 were well.

What are determinants?

• Frequency

• Causes

• Factors

• Result

• Patten

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

An organism in which a pathogen lives

• Host
• Parasite
• Vector
• Pathogen

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-6

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

A sudden increase of a specific disease

• Epidemic
• Pandemic
• Outbreak
• Contagion