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Flashcards by jesse.daniels, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by jesse.daniels
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| Question | Answer |
| fomite | an inanimate object or substance that can harbor a pathogen |
| geogen | an inanimate object or substance that can cause disease |
| carriers | an individual infected with a particular pathogen who is able to transmit it to others, but who shows no symptoms of disease |
| direct transmission | transmission of a pathogen to a new host by physical contact or through the air |
| transmissibility | the ease with which a disease can spread |
| fecal oral route | the transmission of pathogens through the consumption of fecal matter in contaminated food or water |
| host | the human or animal in which a pathogen resides |
| vector | an organism that transmits a pathogen between hosts, such as a mosquito or fly |
| susceptible | vulnerable to a particular disease |
| agent | an organism or substance that causes disease |
| asymptomatic | lacking symptoms of disease despite infection |
| parasite | an organism that lives off another to the detriment of the host |
| pathogen | a living agent of disease |
| epidemic | a sudden, large outbreak of a disease with more cases than expected for a particular time and place |
| pandemic | a widespread epidemic, usually continent-wide or global in reach |
| endemic | prevalent in a particular area; a type of disease that circulates constantly at low levels in a specified region |
| chronic | persisting or recurring over a long period of time |
| indirect transmission | the transmission of a pathogen among hosts via a fomite, vector, soil, or water |
| zoonosis | a disease of animals |
| resevoir | a pool of pathogens that can act as a source of reinfection of human populations; reservoirs can be other animal specifies of inanimate, often water or soil |
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