Lecture 17 Flashcards
1
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Sporadic disease
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Disease that occurs only occasionally
2
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Endemic disease
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Disease constantly present in a population
3
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Epidemic disease
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Disease acquired by many people in a short time
4
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Pandemic disease
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Worldwide epidemic
5
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Notifiable infectious diseases
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physicians are required to report occurrence
6
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Morbidity rate
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Incidence of a specific notifiable disease
7
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Mortality rate
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Deaths from notifiable diseases
8
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Healthcare associated infections (HAIs)
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Infection acquired while receiving treatment in a health care facility
9
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Descriptive epidemiology
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Collection & analysis of data
10
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Analytical epidemiology
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Analyzes a disease to determine its cause
11
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Experimental epidemiology
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Involves a hypothesis & controlled experiments
