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Ch1-2 Sp25

Horizontales
Of, relating to, or occurring during childbirth or the period immediately afterward. Considered a synonym for post-natal and postpartum.
Term that means 'the habitual presence of a disease within a given geographic area.'
The first reason the 2014 West African Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) 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 Liberia. "These countries are home to many large 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)
The term 'vaccination' is derived from the Latin word for _______.
Toxoplasma gondii is a protozoan parasite that infects most species of ___________-blooded animals, including humans, and causes the disease toxoplasmosis.
Public health ________________ is the systematic ongoing collection, analysis, interpretation, and dissemination of health data.
The science and study of the causes of disease and their modes of operation.
The etiologic agent of typhoid fever is the bacterium Salmonella ______.
Through an experimental study, James _____- demonstrated that lemons and oranges were protective against scurvy.
The purpose of ____________ is to prevent a disease from ever occurring.
Malaria being spread by mosquitoes is an example of ________-borne disease transmission.
True or false: Presymptomatic diagnosis of individuals with coronary artery atherosclerosis is an example of 'primary prevention.'
Verticales
The first disease case brought to the attention of the epidemiologist is the ___________ case.
Ignaz ______________ surmised that mortality due to childbed fever could be drastically reduced by the use of handwashing.
The first disease case in the population is called the ____________ case,
John ________ is considered to be 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 for its survival.
True of false: Serologic prevalence data indicate that toxoplasmosis is one of the most common human infections throughout the world.
A term used to indicate a 'worldwide epidemic.'
In the 'chain of infection' the path in which a pathogen leaves the reservoir or host is the portal of ___________.
Florence Nightingale worked in military hospitals in the mid -1800s in Turkey, leading a delegation of nurses, where she improved the sanitary conditions of army hospitals and became immortalized as the "Lady of the __________." military hospitals
In the human host, Toxoplasma gondii parasites form tissue _________, most commonly in skeletal muscle, myocardium, brain, and eyes and these cysts may remain throughout the life of the host.
Diagnosis of congenital infections can be achieved by detecting Toxoplasma gondii _________ in amniotic fluid using molecular methods such as PCR.
An _________ carrier is an individual who has been exposed to and harbors a pathogen and who has done so for some time, even though he or she may have recovered from the disease.
Quarantine is the "separation and restriction of the movement of individuals who, although not _______ yet, have been exposed to an infectious agent and may become infectious themselves.