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Epi- concepts of Health and Disease
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Biology
Undergraduate 4
09/14/2012

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Term
health
Definition
a state of physical and psychological wellbeing and productivity including reproduction
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disease
Definition
a finite abnormality of structure or function with an identifiable pathological or clinic-pathological basis and with a recognizable syndrome of clinical signs
Term
determinant
Definition
exposure, risk factor, independent predictor, or explanatory variable suspected of producing the outcome of interest
Term
outcome of interest
Definition
response or dependent variable
ie disease, health/productivity, immune status
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sporadic
Definition
occurs only occasionally in a population
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endemic
Definition
disease is habitually present within a given geographic area at an EXPECTED level
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epidemic
Definition
disease appears as a new case, in a given population, during a given period at a rate that substantially EXCESSED WHAT IS EXPECTED based on recent experience
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Pandemic
Definition
widespread over large area' world wide epidemic/crosses international borders
Term
name the 3 components which dictate the impact of any infection at both an individual and population level
Definition
host, agent, and environment
- environment must allow host and agent to interact
Term
name the 5 infectious agents
Definition
bacteria
parasites
viruses
fungi
prions (an infection protein particle)
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steps of infection
Definition
host is invaded by microorganisms, the organisms multiply, and there is a HOST IMMUNE SYSTEM RESPONSE
Term
what must of occurred for patient to be considered diseased
Definition
infection which caused clinical signs/symptoms
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sub clinically infected
- ability to spread
Definition
agent infects host, stimulates immune system, but doesn't cause overt disease.
although host does not appear sick, can still spread infectious agent
Term
colonized
- is host considered infected?
- ability to spread
Definition
infectious agent establishes itself in host, but immune system NOT stimulated to respond. therefore, host not considered infected. does not appear sick, but can still spread infectious agent.
Term
zoonoses
Definition
diseases in nature which are SHARED by vertebrate animals and humans
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vector
Definition
any insect or living carrier that TRANSPORTS INFECTIOUS AGENT from infected individual (or waste) to susceptible individual or its food or immediate surroundings
Term
reservoir
Definition
any person, animal, arthropod, plant, soil, or substance which an infectious agent normally LIVES AND MULTIPLIES on which it DEPENDS ON FOR SURVIVAL and where it can reproduce itself so it can be transmitted to susceptible host.
Term
Name 5 ways to transmit infectious diseases
Definition
contact (direct or indirect)
respiratory
vector
vertical (mother to child)
latrogenic (from hospital or medical procedure)
Term
name the 4 stages a disease progresses through
Definition
susceptibility
pre-symptomatic disease
clinical disease
disability or recovery
Term
chart of steps of disease progression showing latent period and incubation period 
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