Key Area 4.3: The Transmission And Control Of Infection Diesease

Question 1

What are infectious diseases caused by?

Answer 1

Pathogens

Question 2

How can disease causing pathogens be transferred?

Answer 2

By physical contact, in water, bodily fluids, in inhaled air or by vector organisms

Question 3

What can disease causing pathogens be controlled by?

Answer 3

Quarantine and antisepsis

Question 4

What do individuals have the responsibility for in controlling disease causing pathogens?

Answer 4

Observing good hygiene, taking care with sexual health and appropriate handling and storage of food.

Question 5

What do communities have the responsibility for in controlling disease causing pathogens?

Answer 5

Quality control of drinking water, use of safe food webs, appropriate waste disposal systems and the control vector organisms

Question 6

What is epidemiology?

Answer 6

The science that studies the causes, patterns and effects of health and disease in populations.

Question 7

What does sporadic mean?

Answer 7

Occasional occurrence of a disease

Question 8

What does endemic mean?

Answer 8

Regular occurrence of a disease in a particular area.

Question 9

What does epidemic mean?

Answer 9

An unusually high number of causes of a disease in a given area.

Question 10

What does pandemic mean?

Answer 10

A global epidemic

Question 11

What are some diesease control measures?

Answer 11

Prevention of transmission, drug therapy, immunisation or a combination inaction of these.

Question 12

What are the 4 pathogen types, give examples.

Answer 12

Bacterium - Tuberculosis
Protozoan - Malaria
Fungus - Athletes foot
Virus - Influenza