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| A person who carries the etiologic agent but shows no apparent signs or symptoms of infection or disease |
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| The etiologic agent responsible for an epidemic or outbreak originates from a single source or reservoir |
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| The number of diseased or infected persons in a population |
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| Percentage of diseased persons in a given population at a particular time |
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| A disease constantly present at some rate of occurrence in a particular location |
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| A microorganism responsible for causing infection or infectious disease |
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| Means by which etiologic agents are brought in contact with the human host |
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| The state of disease and its associated effects on the host |
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| The incidence of a particular disease state |
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| Death resulting from disease |
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| The incidence in which a disease results in death |
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| Infection in which etiologic agent was acquired in a hospital |
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| A larger than normal number of diseased or infected individuals that occurs over a relatively short period |
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| An epidemic that spans the world |
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| Origin of the etiologic agent or location from which they disseminate |
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| Laboratory-based characterization of etiologic agents designed to establish their relatedness to one another during a particular outbreak or epidemic |
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| Any type of epidemiologic investigation that involves data collection for characterizing circumstances surrounding the incidence or prevalence of a particular disease or infection |
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| A living entity that transmits the etiologic agent |
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| A nonliving entity that is contaminated with the etiologic agent and as such is the mode of transmission for that agent |
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