PUBH 6003 QUIZ 3 STUDY GUIDE
QUESTIONS ANSWERS COMPLETE
SOLUTION BUNDLE
●● what is one health
Answer: our health is connected between humans, animals, and the
environment. requires coordination, collaboration, and communication
to make sure that animals and humans are healthy (ex ticks on dogs
carry rocky mt fever, give dogs tick collars, solves issue)
●● List & define direct and indirect routes of infectious Dz
transmission. HINT 5 direct 4 indirect
Answer: DIRECT: skin to skin (herpes), mucous to mucous (sti),
placental and breast milk (hiv) airborne person to person (flu).
INDIRECT: food-borne (salmonella), waterborne (cholera), vector-
borne (malaria), airborne object to person (colds)
●● draw label and explain the epi triad
Answer: -AGENT:
infectivity • Pathogenicity • Virulence • Immunogenicity • Antigenic
stability • Survival -HOST
• Age • Sex • Genotype • Behaviour • Nutritional status • Health status •
-ENVIRONMENT Weather • Housing • Geography • Occupational
setting • Air/water quality • Food
, ALL COMBINE CAUSE DISEASE
●● What conditions increase the risk of infection
Answer: a weakened immune system (via diseases like HIV or
treatments like chemotherapy), chronic illnesses (diabetes, lung disease),
malnutrition, and advanced age
●● Describe 3 methods for preventing infection at the
personal/individual level
Answer: - handwashing -getting vaccinated - wear PPE. - good
immunity (sleeping, diet, stress)
●● Describe 3 methods for prevention infection at the
community/population level
Answer: -water treatment -vector control -isolation+quarantine -
screenings
●● what makes a disease a priority disease
Answer: it poses the greatest public health risk due to their epidemic
potential and/or there is (no or insufficient) countermeasures.
●● what is a disease of ongoing concern and name an example
Answer: it continues to pose major public health problems and further
research and development, extensive R&D pipelines, existing funding
QUESTIONS ANSWERS COMPLETE
SOLUTION BUNDLE
●● what is one health
Answer: our health is connected between humans, animals, and the
environment. requires coordination, collaboration, and communication
to make sure that animals and humans are healthy (ex ticks on dogs
carry rocky mt fever, give dogs tick collars, solves issue)
●● List & define direct and indirect routes of infectious Dz
transmission. HINT 5 direct 4 indirect
Answer: DIRECT: skin to skin (herpes), mucous to mucous (sti),
placental and breast milk (hiv) airborne person to person (flu).
INDIRECT: food-borne (salmonella), waterborne (cholera), vector-
borne (malaria), airborne object to person (colds)
●● draw label and explain the epi triad
Answer: -AGENT:
infectivity • Pathogenicity • Virulence • Immunogenicity • Antigenic
stability • Survival -HOST
• Age • Sex • Genotype • Behaviour • Nutritional status • Health status •
-ENVIRONMENT Weather • Housing • Geography • Occupational
setting • Air/water quality • Food
, ALL COMBINE CAUSE DISEASE
●● What conditions increase the risk of infection
Answer: a weakened immune system (via diseases like HIV or
treatments like chemotherapy), chronic illnesses (diabetes, lung disease),
malnutrition, and advanced age
●● Describe 3 methods for preventing infection at the
personal/individual level
Answer: - handwashing -getting vaccinated - wear PPE. - good
immunity (sleeping, diet, stress)
●● Describe 3 methods for prevention infection at the
community/population level
Answer: -water treatment -vector control -isolation+quarantine -
screenings
●● what makes a disease a priority disease
Answer: it poses the greatest public health risk due to their epidemic
potential and/or there is (no or insufficient) countermeasures.
●● what is a disease of ongoing concern and name an example
Answer: it continues to pose major public health problems and further
research and development, extensive R&D pipelines, existing funding
