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Chapter 15
Dr. Herber Exam 2
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Microbiology
Undergraduate 2
06/04/2011

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INDIRECT FECAL ORAL
Definition
Waterborne transmission of pathogens involving water contaminated by raw sewage is an example of what mode of transmission?
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EPIDEMIC.
Definition
A disease that breaks out in explosive proportions within a population is called an ?
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EPIDEMIOLOGY.
Definition
The study of factors and mechanisms of disease frequency and spread within a population is ?
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DESCRIPTIVE.
Definition
An epidemiologist that studies the number of cases of a disease, those segments of the population affected by a disease and the locations and time periods of a disease deals with what type of epidemiology?
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NOSOCOMIAL.
Definition
An infection acquired in the hospital or other medical facility is
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EXPERIMENTAL.
Definition
An epidemiological study that tests a hypothesis is referred to as what type of study?
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ACCESS TO MEDICAL CARE
Definition
Factors that increase the likelihood of an epidemic include all of the following except:
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PLACEBO.
Definition
A non-medicinal substance that has no effect on an individual, but the individual believes is a real treatment is known as a
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PREVALENCE.
Definition
The total number of people infected within a population at a given time is the
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NONLIVING OBJECTS.
Definition
Fomites are
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SUBCLINICAL INFECTION.
Definition
An infection in which the signs and symptoms are not recognized readily because they are too mild is a
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DIRECT CONTACT.
Definition
Sexually transmitted disease are most often spread by what mode of transmission?
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WHO
Definition
Which of the following organizations sets the standards for international disease control?
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TO A HUMAN FROM A VERTEBRATE ANIMAL.
Definition
A zoonoses refers to an infectious disease that is transmitted
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CLOSTRIDIUM TETANI.
Definition
Which of the following microorganisms are found in soil, a nonliving reservoir, and in animal fecal matter used as fertilizer?
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PNEUMONIA.
Definition
All of the following infectious disease can occur in the fetus when the causative agents cross the placenta except
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PANDEMIC.
Definition
Worldwide spread of an infectious disease is a
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REFERS TO THE FIRST CASE OF AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE OUTBREAK TO BE IDENTIFIED.
Definition
An index case
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WHEN ACQUIRED THROUGH THE RESPIRATORY ROUTE CAUSES BUBONIC PLAGUE
Definition
All of the following correspond to Yersinia pestis except
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SPORADIC.
Definition
An infectious disease that occurs in a random and unpredictable manner is
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