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Epidemiology
Exam 1
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Health Care
Undergraduate 3
10/08/2008

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william far
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developed the concept of statistics
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edward jenner
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developed a vaccine for smallpox
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robert kock
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first person to take pictures of microbes
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hippocrates
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represented the first edpdemiologist
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john graunt
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developed the "bills of Morality"
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period prevalence
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what measures the number of existing cases of a disease within a specigic period of time
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environment
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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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epidemiology
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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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analytical
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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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pandemic
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What pattern of disease spans across nations, continents, and in some cases the world
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degenerative
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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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conbalescence period
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what stage in the course of an infectious disease is marked by recovery from the disease
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Noonosis
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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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Physical, chemical
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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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Direct
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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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Intermitent
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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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epidemic
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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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deservangence
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What stage in the course of an infectious disease is associated with a reduction in symptoms
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vector
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What term is used to descrive nonhuman organisms that five rise to diesease transmission
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common source
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What class of epidemics is associated with a single source of contamination
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web of causation
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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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cross immunity
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What type of immunity results when protection from one disease is transferred to another disease
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james lynn
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Who investigated the causes of scurvy among sick seamen
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congenital disease
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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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healthy carrier
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What type of disease carrier contains a desease without presenting symptoms
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chronic
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What type of sickness is characterized by low severity and long duration
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