LESSON 15 part 1

Question 1

Illnesses caused by an infectious agent or its toxic products that is transmitted directly or indirectly to a person, animal, etc.

Answer 1

Communicable Diseases

Question 2

It is transmitted by direct physical contact

Answer 2

Contagion

Question 3

It is transmitted indirectly through contaminated food, body fluids, objects, airborne inhalation or through vector organisms

Answer 3

Infectious Disease

Question 4

What is the TOP 1 cause of morbidity in the philippines

Answer 4

Acute Respiratory Infection

Question 5

What is the TOP 10 cause of morbidity in the philippines

Answer 5

Injuries

Question 6

‘Three Major Components’ of the Epidemiologic Triangle

Answer 6

Agent
Host
Environment

Question 7

Organism involved in the development of the disease

Answer 7

Agent

Question 8

It must be present for an infection to occur

Answer 8

Agent

Question 9

Examples of this are bacteria, viruses, protozoa, helmiths, etc.

Answer 9

Agent

Question 10

Organism that HARBORS and provides nutrition for the agent

Answer 10

Host

Question 11

Most often the host of infectious organisms

Answer 11

Humans

Question 12

Conditions in which the agent may exist, survive, or originate

Answer 12

Environment

Question 13

Environment comprises of the following elements:

Answer 13

Physical
Biological
Socioeconomic

Question 14

It is any organism capable of producing disease

Answer 14

Causative Agent

Question 15

It is the habitat in which the agent normally lives, grows, and multiplies

Answer 15

Reservoir

Question 16

A person with inapparent infection who is ‘capable of transmitting the pathogen to others’

Answer 16

Carrier

Question 17

Those who never experience symptoms despite being infected

Answer 17

Asymptomatic or passive carriers

Question 18

Those who can transmit the agent during the incubation period before clinical illness begins

Answer 18

Incubatory carrier

Question 19

Those who have recovered from their illness but remain capable of transmitting to others

Answer 19

Convalescent Carriers

Question 20

Those who continue to harbor a pathogen such as hepatitis B virus or salmonella typhi

Answer 20

Chronic Carriers

Question 21

The causative agent of typhoid fever

Answer 21

Salmonella Typhi

Question 22

Person who are aware of their illness

Answer 22

Symptomatic Persons

Question 23

Refers to an infectious disease that is transmissible under natural conditions from vertebrate animals to humans

Answer 23

Zoonosis

Question 24

The path by which a pathogen leaves its host

Answer 24

Portal of Exit

Question 25

Usually corresponds to the site where the pathogen is localized

Answer 25

Portal of Exit

Question 26

An infectious agent may be transmitted from its natural reservoir to a susceptible host in different ways

Answer 26

Mode of Transmission

Question 27

A contact that occurs through skin-to-skin contact, kissing, and sexual intercourse

Answer 27

Direct contact

Question 28

Also refers to the contact with the soil or vegetation harboring infectious organisms

Answer 28

Direct contact

Question 29

It is known as the KISSING DISEASE

Answer 29

Mononucleosis

Question 30

It refers to SPRAY with relatively large, short-range aerosols produced by sneezing, coughing, or even talking

Answer 30

Droplet Spread

Question 31

It occurs when infectious agents are are carried by DUST OR DROPLET NUCLEI SUSPENDED IN THE AIR

Answer 31

Airborne

Question 32

It may indirectly transmit an infectious agent include food, water, biologic products, and fomites

Answer 32

Vehicle borne

Question 33

A term for inanimate objects such as handkerchiefs, bedding, or surgical scalpels

Answer 33

Fomites

Question 34

Such as mosquitoes, fleas, and ticks may carry an infectious agent

Answer 34

Vectors

Question 35

Refers to the way a pathogen enters a susceptible host

Answer 35

Portal of Entry

Question 36

The FINAL LINK in the chain of infection

Answer 36

Host

Question 37

Refers to protective antibodies that are directed against a specific agent

Answer 37

Specific Immunity

Question 38

Correct order of the chain of infection

Answer 38

Infectious Agent Reservoir Portal of Exit Mode of Transmission Portal of Entry Susceptible Host