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WorksheetsUnit 5 Vocabulary
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
an aggregation of cases over a particular period closely grouped in time and space, regardless of whether the number is more than the expected number
Cluster
Epidemic
Surveillance
more cases of a particular disease than expected in a given area or among a specialized group of people over a particular period of time
Portal of Exit
Reservoir
Outbreak
What is Epidemic ?
The systematic and ongoing collection, analysis, interpretation, and dissemination of health data. The purpose of public health surveillance is to gain knowledge of the patterns of disease, injury, and other health problems in a community so that we can work towards their prevention and control.
occurrence in a community or region of cases of an illness, specific health-related behavior, or other health-related event clearly in excess of normal expectancy
A serious, potentially life-threatening infectious disease that is usually transmitted to humans by the bites of rodent fleas. It was one of the scourges of our early history. There are three major forms of the disease: bubonic, septicemic, and pneumonic.
What is Pandemic ?
denoting a disease affecting or attacking the population of an extensive region, country, or continent.
an aggregation of cases over a particular period closely grouped in time and space, regardless of whether the number is more than the expected number
occurrence in a community or region of cases of an illness, specific health-related behavior, or other health-related event clearly in excess of normal expectancy
The systematic and ongoing collection, analysis, interpretation, and dissemination of health data. The purpose of public health surveillance is to gain knowledge of the patterns of disease, injury, and other health problems in a community so that we can work towards their prevention and control.
Risk
Surveillance
Endemic Disease
A serious, potentially life-threatening infectious disease that is usually transmitted to humans by the bites of rodent fleas. It was one of the scourges of our early history. There are three major forms of the disease: bubonic, septicemic, and pneumonic
Mode of Transmission
Vector
Plague
What is Vector?
a person who cannot resist a microorganism invading the body, multiplying, and resulting in infection
an organism, often an invertebrate arthropod, that transmits a pathogen from reservoir to host
severity of disease that the agent causes to host
What is Fomite ?
The systematic and ongoing collection, analysis, interpretation, and dissemination of health data. The purpose of public health surveillance is to gain knowledge of the patterns of disease, injury, and other health problems in a community so that we can work towards their prevention and control.
a physical object that serves to transmit an infectious agent from person to person
capacity to cause disease in a host
the probability that an individual will be affected by, or die from, an illness or injury within a stated time or age span
Risk
Cluster
Infectivity
an infectious disease that is transmissible from animals to humans
Incubation Period
Reservoir
Zoonosis
Incubation Period
more cases of a particular disease than expected in a given area or among a specialized group of people over a particular period of time
time in between when a person comes into contact with a pathogen and when they first show symptoms or signs of disease
denoting a disease affecting or attacking the population of an extensive region, country, or continent.
Endemic Disease
a place where agents can thrive and reproduce
present at a continuous level throughout a population/geographic area; constant presence of an agent/health condition within a given geographic area/population; refers to the usual prevalence of an agent/condition
Method of transfer by which the organism moves or is carried from one place to another; the transfer of disease-causing microorganisms from one environment to another, particularly from an external environment to a susceptible individual. There are three general categories of transmission: contact, vehicle, and vector.
Agent
capacity to cause disease in a host
a microbial organism with the ability to cause infection
a microbial organism with the ability to cause disease
a place where agents can thrive and reproduce
Mode of Transmission
Reservoir
Infectivity
Portal of Exit
A serious, potentially life-threatening infectious disease that is usually transmitted to humans by the bites of rodent fleas. It was one of the scourges of our early history. There are three major forms of the disease: bubonic, septicemic, and pneumonic.
A place of exit providing a way for an agent to leave the reservoir; the route a pathogen takes out of an infected host.
an infectious disease that is transmissible from animals to humans
Method of transfer by which the organism moves or is carried from one place to another; the transfer of disease-causing microorganisms from one environment to another, particularly from an external environment to a susceptible individual. There are three general categories of transmission: contact, vehicle, and vector.
Mode of Transmission
Infectivity
Pathogeny
Susceptible host
a physical object that serves to transmit an infectious agent from person to person
a person who cannot resist a microorganism invading the body, multiplying, and resulting in infection
occurrence in a community or region of cases of an illness, specific health-related behavior, or other health-related event clearly in excess of normal expectancy
Infectivity
capacity to cause disease in a host
a physical object that serves to transmit an infectious agent from person to person
capacity to cause infection in a susceptible host
capacity to cause disease in a host
Pathogeny
Virulence
Portal of Exit
Virulence
A place of exit providing a way for an agent to leave the reservoir; the route a pathogen takes out of an infected host.
severity of disease that the agent causes to host
a person who cannot resist a microorganism invading the body, multiplying, and resulting in infection
