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The viral agent of _________- is transmitted by the fecal-oral route, can destroy motor neurons that activate skeletal muscle cells, resulting in disabling and potentially life-threatening flaccid paralysis.
True of false: Malaria was endemic in the U.S. until the late 1940s.
The systematic ongoing collection, analysis, interpretaion, and dissemination of health data is called 'public health __________________.'
Know as the "Father of Epidemiology."
The habitat (living or nonliving) in or on which an infectious agent lives, grows, and multiplies and on which it depends.
The Salk polio __________ became available in 1955.
Ignaz ___________ surmised that mortality due to childbed fever could be drastically reduced by the use of handwashing.
The term 'vaccination' is derived from the Latin word for ________.
The capacity of an organism to cause disease.
The science and study of the causes of disease and their modes of operation.
Bernardino Ramazzini observed in the 17th century that certain jobs carried a high _________ for disease.
________ "such as clothing, towels, and utensils that can harbor a disease agent and are capable of its transmission." (Glossary, pg. 342)
Vital statistics are _________ on birth, death, marriage, and divorce; registration of vital events.
Rehabilitation is a type of _____________ prevention.
The Framingham __________ Study was launched in 1948 (soon after World War II ended).
Florence Nightingale was referred to as the 'Lady of the ___________,' because she cared for patients through the night in city and military hospitals, e.g., in Turkey.
Verticales
The etiologic agent of malaria belongs to this genus.
The vector for Lyme disease.
Where health-related states or events are occurring most or least frequently.
A vector is an ____________ animal (e.g., tick, mite, mosquito, bloodsucking fly) capable of transmitting an infectious agent to humans and/or non-human animals.
An epidemic of an infectious disease that has spread across large regions, countries, or continents.
Childbed fever is also known as postpartum infection and as ______________ fever.
Screening is a type of ______________ prevention.
The vector for plague.
The disease-evoking power of a pathogen. The degree of pathogenicity.
A subclinical case is also called a ____________ carrier
Quarantine is the "separation and restriction of the movement of people [and non-human animals] who, although not _________ yet, have been exposed to an infectious agent and may become infectious themselves.
Through an experimental study James ________ demonstrated that lemons and oranges were protective against scurvy.
True or false: Presymptomatic diagnosis of individuals with coronary artery atherosclerosis is an example of 'primary prevention.'
The etiologic agent of typhoid fever is the bacterium Salmonella ________.
Prefix meaning arthropod-borne.
The first reason the 2014 West African Ebola Virus Disease (EBV) outbreak was much larger than previous outbreaks of EVD in central Africa was that it occurred in a much more populated region of the continent, originating in Guinea and quickly spreading to neighboring countries, primarily Sierra Leone and Lieria. "These countries are home to many arge urban areas and cities that are densely populated -- conditions that allowed the virus to spread faster and to more people than in _________ central Africa." (pg. 6)