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| The study of diseases occuring within populations |
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| An unusually large # of cases of a particular disease occuring in a community within a short period of time |
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| An epidemic that spreads throughout many parts of the world |
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| An individual who harbors an infectious agent in the absence of disease |
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| A limited number of cases of an infectious disease is present at all times within a geographic area |
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| The intial disease caused by a microbe |
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| Disease following the intial infection due to changes caused by the initial infection |
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Disease caused by microbes that are normally part of the usual flora
(may cause 1 and 2 diseases) |
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| COMMUNITY ACQUIRED DISEASE |
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| Patient enters hospital with apparent signs & symptoms of an infections |
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| Serious but of relatively short or limited duration |
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Present before definitive signs or symptoms are exhibited
(does not come on or progress as rapidly as acute disease) |
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Disease that persists for months or years
(milder and of less immediate threat than acute) |
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| Infections acquired during a hospital stay (hospital-acquired/hospital-associated) |
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| Remains contained at a specific site on the body |
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| The infectious agent spreads to other parts of the body (often through the blood or lymphatics) |
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| A local environment or host that supports growth & multiplication of an infectious agent |
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Living reservoirs, usually other humans or animals
- Carriers
- Animals
- arthropod vectors
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Non-living, water & soil
- Fomites--> inanimate objects capable of transmitting pathogenic microbes
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