True or false: Presymptomatic diagnosis of individuals with coronary artery atherosclerosis is an example of 'primary prevention.'
Screening is a type of ____________ prevention.
Known as the "Father of Epidemiology."
The role of a _______, i.e., an inanimate object that when contaminated with infectious agents, can harbor the agent, i
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)
True or false: Presymptomatic diagnosis of individuals with coronary artery atherosclerosis is an example of 'primary prevention.'
An epidemic of an infectious disease that has spread across large regions, countries, or continents.
Vital statistics are _______ on birth, death, marriage, and divorce; registration of vital events.
The viral etiologic agent of ______ is transmitted by fecal-oral route, can destroy motor neurons that activate skeletal muscle cells, resulting in disabling and potentially life-threatening flaccid paralysis.
Ignaz _____________ surmised that mortality due to childbed fever could be drastically reduced by the use of handwashing.
True or false: Malaria was endemic in the U.S. until the late 1940s.
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.
The science and study of the causes of disease and their modes of operation.
The term 'vaccination' is derived from the Latin word for ______.
The science and study of the causes of disease and their modes of operation.
Through an experimental study, James ______ demonstrated hat lemons and oranges were protective against scurvy.
The degree of pathogenicity.
The etiologic agent of typhoid fever is the bacterium Salmonella _______.
The Salk _________ vaccine became available in 1955.
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)
Prefix meaning arthropod.
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.