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WorksheetsDisease Detectives
Total questions: 9
Worksheet time: 5mins
What is an Outbreak?
large number of people over a particular period of time
an epidemic occurring over a very wide area
more cases of of a particular disease than expected in a given area
an infectious disease that is transmissible from animals to humans
What is an Epidemic?
a physical object that serves to transmit an infectious agent from person to person
an aggregation of cases over a particular period
the systematic, ongoing collection, analysis interpretation, and dissemination of health data
large numbers of people over a wide geographic area
What is a Cluster?
an aggregation of cases over a particular period
the probability to an individual will be affected by, or die from, an illness or injury within a stated time or age span
an animate intermediary in the indirect transmission of an agent that carries the agent from a reservoir to a susceptible host
more cases of a particular disease than expected in a given area
What is a Pandemic?
large numbers of people over a wide geographic area
an epidemic occurring over a very wide geographic area
an infectious disease that is transmissible from animals to humans
a physical object that serves to transmit an infectious agent from person to person
What is Risk?
an animate intermediary in the indirect transmission of an agent that carries the agent from a reservoir to a susceptible host
the systematic, ongoing collection, analysis interpretation, and dissemination of health data
the probability to an individual will be affected by, or die from, an illness or injury within a stated time or age span
a physical object that serves to transmit an infectious agent from person to person
What is a Vector?
the probability to an individual will be affected by, or die from, an illness or injury within a stated time or age span
an animate intermediary in the indirect transmission of an agent that carries the agent from a reservoir to a susceptible host
the systematic, ongoing collection, analysis interpretation, and dissemination of health data
a physical object that serves to transmit an infectious agent from person to person
What is a Fomite?
an epidemic occurring over a very wide area
a physical object that serves to transmit an infectious agent from person to person
an animate intermediary in the indirect transmission of an agent that carries the agent from a reservoir to a susceptible host
an aggregation of cases over a particular period
What is Zoonosis?
the probability to an individual will be affected by, or die from, an illness or injury within a stated time or age span
a physical object that serves to transmit an infectious agent from person to person
more cases of a particular disease than expected in a given area
an infectious disease that is transmissible from animals to humans
What is Surveillance?
the systematic, ongoing collection, analysis interpretation, and dissemination of health data
large numbers of people over a wide geographic area
an epidemic occurring over a very wide area
the probability to an individual will be affected by, or die from, an illness or injury within a stated time or age span
