Epidemiology

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Signs

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Changes in a body that can be measured or observed as a result of disease

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Herd immunity

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Immunity in most of a population

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Disease

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An abnormal state in which the body is not performing normal functions

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Communicable

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A disease that is spread from one host to another

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Secondary infection

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Opportunistic infection occurs after a primary (predisposing) infection

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Endemic

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Disease constantly present in a population

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Parasitism

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One organism benefits at the expense of the other

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Lifestyle

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One factor that can make a person susceptible to disease

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Vector

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An arthropod carries the pathogen in its body and then passes it to host through a bite

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Experimental

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Type of epidemiology that tests a hypothesis and uses a control

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Symptom

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A change in body function felt by patient as a result of disease

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Etiology

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The cause of a disease

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Contagious

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Diseases that are easily and rapidly spread from one host to another

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Analytical

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Type of epidemiology that analyzes a particular disease occurrence

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Resident

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Microbiota that permanently colonize the host and do not cause disease under normal conditions

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Focal infection

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Systemic infection that began as a local infection

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Pandemic

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worldwide epidemic

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Mutualism

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Both organisms benefit

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Latent

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In a ________disease, the causative agent is inactive for a time but then activates and produces symptoms

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Syndrome

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A specific group of signs and symptoms that accompany a disease

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Reservoir

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Place where pathogens stays when not infecting a host

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Contact

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Type of transmission can be direct or indirect

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Prodromal

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Period of disease course when minor general symptoms are felt

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HAI

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Another name for nosocomial infection (acronym)

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Descriptive

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Type of epidemiology that collects and analyzes data

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Septicemia

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Also known as blood poisoning; growth of bacteria in the blood

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Pathology

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The study of disease

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Subclinical disease

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No noticeable signs or symptoms (inapparent infection)

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Infection

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Invasion or colonization of the body by pathogens

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Local infection

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Pathogens are limited to a small area of the body

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Transient

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Microbiota that may be present for days, weeks, or months

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CDC

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Collects and analyzes epidemiological information in the United States (acronym)

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Commensalism

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One organism is benefited and the other is unaffected

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Probiotics

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Live microbes applied to or ingested into the body intended to exert a beneficial effect

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Acute disease

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Symptoms develop rapidly

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Chronic disease

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Disease develops slowly

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Subacute disease

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Symptoms between acute and chronic

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Systemic infection

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Infection throughout the body

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Bacteremia

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Bacteria in the blood

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Toxemia

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Condition where toxins are in the blood

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Viremia

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Condition where there are viruses in the blood

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Primary infection

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Acute infection that causes initial illness