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three parts of the epidemiological triangle - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-host
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environment
agent


epidemiological triangle: |




- age, sex, race, genetic profile, previous disease, immune status, religion,
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customs, occupation, marital status, family background - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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host


epidemiological triangle: |




- temp, humidity, altitude, crowding, housing, neighborhood, water, milk, food,
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radiation, pollution, and noise - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-environment
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epidemiological triangle: |




- biologic (bacteria and viruses)
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-chemical (poison, alcohol, smoke)
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-physical (trauma, radiation, fire)
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-nutritional (lack, excess) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-agent
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a nonhuman carrier of disease, such as an animal or insect - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-vector

,transmission that occurs by immediate transfer of infectious agents from a
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reservoir to a new susceptible host. | | | | |




(touching, biting, kissing, sex, droplet, coughing, sneezing) - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-direct transmission |




transmission that can happen several ways, does not go from host to host
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-vehicle borne, vector borne, airborne - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-indirect
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transmission


occurs through droplet nuclei- the small residues that result from evaporation of
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fluid from droplets emitted by an infected host.
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ex: sneezing and coughing - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-airborne transmission
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immunity that develops after exposure to a suitable agent. (body forms immunity
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|on it's own) or artificially with a vaccine (going to MD to get vaccine or getting
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exposed and creating antibodies) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-acquired immunity
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refers to short term resistance that is acquired either naturally or receiving
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immunoglobulins - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-passive immunity | | | |




species determines, genetically determines resistance - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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natural immunity |




a long term resistance to a specific disease causing organism, acquired artificially
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or naturally - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-active immunity
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, a factor that causes or contributes to a health problem or condition
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- can be biologic, chemical, nutrient, physical, and psychological - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-agent


pathway by which the pathogen enters or exits - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-portal of
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entry/exit


portal of ___________: path by which a pathogen leaves its host; usually where
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pathogen is localized - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-exit
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portal of ____________: must provide access to tissues in which the pathogen
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can multiply - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-entry
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any person, animal, or substance in which an infectious agent normally lives and
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multiplies and then is transmitted from its source to a susceptible host. -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-reservoir |




policy process framework:
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1. define a ________________
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2. identify _______________ _______________/______________
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3. _______________ - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-problem
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recommended solution/policy |




politics

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