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| 4 FACTORS OF THE EPIDEMIOLOGIC TRIAD OF DISEASE |
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HOST
AGENT
ENVIRONMENT
VECTOR |
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| TRANSFER OF A DISEASE-CAUSING MICROORGANISM FROM ONE EVIRONMENT TO ANOTHER |
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| 4 CATEGORIES OF TRANSMISSION |
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CONTACT
DROPLET
VEHICLE
VECTOR |
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| 2 TYPES OF CONTACT TRANSMISSION |
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DIRECT (person to person)
INDIRECT (organism survives on inanimate objects) |
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| 3 MEDIUM IN VEHICLE TRANSMISSION |
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| arthropod serves as intermediary host and transmits the disease from one organism to another |
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Preclinical starts with biologic onset of the disease and ends with signs and symptoms of disease
Clinical begins with signs and symptoms and ends with the outcome (cure,control,disability,death) |
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| Usual occurrence of a condition within a geographic area |
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| Occurrence of a condition clearly in excess of normal expectancy |
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| An epidemic occurring over a very wide area usually affecting a large population |
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| The resistance of a group of people to an attack by a disease to which a large proportion of the members of the group are immune |
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