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Epidemiology

The study of how diseases spread and the patterns associated with them.

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Cholera

A disease outbreak in the UK that was solved by early epidemiologist John Snow.

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Contaminated Pump

The source of cholera spread identified by John Snow.

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Prospective Study

A research method that studies subjects into the future.

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Retrospective Study

A research method that studies subjects starting from the past.

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Epidemic

A disease affecting an abnormally large number of people within a specific region.

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Pandemic

A disease that is large in scale and uncontained, affecting multiple countries or regions.

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Inoculation

The process of immunizing someone against a disease by introducing infective material or a vaccine.

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Plasmid

A small ring of DNA that carries accessory genes separate from chromosomal DNA.

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Sticky Ends

A type of DNA end that can easily bond with complementary DNA strands.

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Blunt Ends

A type of DNA end that does not have overhanging nucleotides.

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Recombinant DNA

DNA formed artificially by combining DNA from different sources.

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Restriction Enzyme

Enzymes that cut DNA into specific pieces.

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Case-Control Study

A research method that compares subjects with a condition to those without it, starting from the past. How diseases spread from infected to non infected

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Cohort Study

A research method that follows a group of subjects over time to study outcomes.

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Live Attenuated Vaccine

A vaccine using a weakened version of the virus, providing stronger and long-term immunity (e.g., Rubella, Varicella).

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Inactivated Vaccine

A vaccine using killed cells or viruses to elicit an immune response (e.g., Polio, Influenza).

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Toxoid Vaccine

A vaccine using a weakened toxin from a pathogen to create antibodies (e.g., Tetanus).

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Subunit Vaccine

A vaccine using only the best part of the virus to stimulate an immune response (e.g., Hepatitis B, HIB).

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Conjugate Vaccine

A vaccine that links parts of the virus to carrier proteins to enhance the immune response (e.g., HPV).

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