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epidemiology
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evaluation of occurance, determinants, distrubution, and control of health and disease in the human populaiton
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etiology
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cause of disease
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endemic disease
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present in are at steady, low loevel frequency
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outbreak
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sudden unexpected occurence of a disease in a limited segment of a population
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epidemic
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outbreak affecting many people
first case of an epidemic if called index case |
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pandemic
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epidemic that spreads to at least two countries and generally multiple continents
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CDC is in
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atlanta headquarters
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WHO is in
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genova, switzerland
deals with monitoring public health, repsonding to disease outbreaks, investigae emerging diseases |
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survanillance includes
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evaluation of genetic background, human behavior, enviormantal conditions, infectious agents
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what dube was contracted with
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barbesia given from tick
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barbesiosis
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protist disease caused by barbesia microti spread though the bite of tick
uses rodents for lifecycle can kill in immunocompromised, elderly, people who have no slpeen. |
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treatment for barbesiosis
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quinine and clindamycin
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infectious disease deaths have decreased but what has increased
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metabolic diseases
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incidence formula
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number of cases in pop
number of individuals in population |
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prevalance formula
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total number of cases in pop
total pop |
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mortality formula
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number of deaths due to disease
size of total pop with the same disease |
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common source epidemics
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results from a single, common contaminated source
reach peak levels in short time |
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progagated epidemic
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results from introduction of infected person to a susceptible population
transmitted from person to person slow rise gradula decline |
