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developed the concept of statistics |
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developed a vaccine for smallpox |
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first person to take pictures of microbes |
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represented the first edpdemiologist |
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developed the "bills of Morality" |
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what measures the number of existing cases of a disease within a specigic period of time |
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What component of the epidemiological triangle describes the physical, social, and cultural surroundings that promote disease transmission |
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the study of the distribution and determinants of health related events in populations and the application of this study to control problems |
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What type of epidemiology involves testing hypotheses to examine causes of disease |
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aga adjusted mortality rate |
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what type of rate reflects population differences based on age |
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What pattern of disease spans across nations, continents, and in some cases the world |
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what type of disease classification results in progressive impairment of the body's structure and function. Ex, lou gherig disease |
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what stage in the course of an infectious disease is marked by recovery from the disease |
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What process involves the transfer of disease from animals to humans |
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Fungi, mold, yeast, viruses |
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Name three types of pathogens |
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Name two of the body's defenses |
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respiratory, oral, reproductive, blood... |
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Name three portals of entry |
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What type of disease transmission is transferred from person to person |
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naturally aquired active immunity |
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What type of immunity results from having a disease |
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What type of disease carrier contains a disease and has the ability to spread it at different places or intervals |
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What pattern of disease is marked by a sharp rise in the number of cases for a specific population |
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What stage in the course of an infectious disease is associated with a reduction in symptoms |
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What term is used to descrive nonhuman organisms that five rise to diesease transmission |
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What class of epidemics is associated with a single source of contamination |
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identifies the risk factors of the disease, the chain of events, and exposures necessary and sufficient to cause the disease |
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What type of immunity results when protection from one disease is transferred to another disease |
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Who investigated the causes of scurvy among sick seamen |
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What disease classification is used to descrive fetal alcohol syndrome |
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cause specific mortality rate |
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What type of measurement describes the rate of death resulting from a specific cause |
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What type of disease carrier contains a desease without presenting symptoms |
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What type of sickness is characterized by low severity and long duration |
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