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Symptom
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A change in body function FELT by the patient; not observable
ex: headache, weakness |
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Sign
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an observable and measurable change in the body
ex: fever, swelling |
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Syndrome
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a group of signs and symptoms that accompany a disease
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Communicable Disease (Contagious disease)
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Easily spread from one host to another
ex: Tuberculosis |
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Noncommunicable Disease
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Not spread from one host to another
ex: Tetanus -- can't spread to another person. |
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Incidence
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Fraction of the population that contracts the disease at a given time
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Prevalence
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Fraction of the population that HAS a specific disease at a given time
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Sporadic Disease
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Disease that occur occasionally ; "unusual"
ex: Typhoid Mary & Oyster Bay; And, Food poisoning |
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ENDemic Disease
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ALWAYS in the population; Localized
ex: The population keeps getting effected from the water supply |
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EPIDemic Disease
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Disease that is acquired by many hosts in a given area in a SHORT time
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Pandemic Disease
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Disease that is spread worldwide
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Herd Immunity
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When there is immunity in most of the population
- most of the population will become immune and disease will go down |
