Dis. Det.

Descriptive epidemiology

________- characterizing health events by time, place and person.

G Zoonosis

________- An infectious disease that is transmissible from animals to.

F Reservoir

________- The habitat in which an infectious agent normally lives,

Epidemiology

________- concerned with frequence and pattern of health events in a population.

H Outbreak

________- a sudden increase in occurrences of a disease when cases are in excess of normal expectancy for the location or season.

John Graunt

________- London councilman who published a landmark analysis of morality data.

Hippocrates

________ explained disease was rational rather than a supernatural viewpoint- he suggested enviro.

Disease

________ is shorthand for wide range of health- related states and events that are studied.

Pattern

________- occurrence of health- related events by time, place, and person.

A Contagious

________- Capable of being transmitted from one person to.

Relative risk

________, odds- ratio and explaining their meaning.

Clinicians

________ are concerned about the health of person but epidemiologist is concerned about collective health of the people in a community or population.

transmissible neurodegenerative diseases

They characterize several fatal and ________ in humans and many other animals.

Host

________- A person or other living organism that is susceptible to an.

occurrence of disease

They are the causes and other factors that influence the ________ and other health- related events.

Ohio Distribution

Tabulate the frequency of clinical signs, symptoms, and laboratory findings among children with chickenpox in Cincinnati, ________.

Prions

________ are misfolded proteins that have the ability to transmit their misfolded shape onto normal variants of the same protein.

Epidemiology

________ → The study of the distribution and determinants of health- related states or events in specified populations, and the application of this study to the control of health problems.

A. Contagious

Capable of being transmitted from one person to

Host

A person or other living organism that is susceptible to an

C. Hypothesis

A supposition, arrived at from observation or reflection,

D. Necessary cause

A factor that must be present for a disease or

E. Relative risk

A comparison of the risk of a health problem in two

F. Reservoir

The habitat in which an infectious agent normally lives,

G. Zoonosis

An infectious disease that is transmissible from animals to

H. Outbreak

a sudden increase in occurrences of a disease when cases are in excess of normal expectancy for the location or season

Epidemiology

concerned with frequence and pattern of health events in a population

Frequency

number of health events (ex

Pattern

occurrence of health-related events by time, place, and person

Risk of illness, injury, disability

age, sex, marital status, socioeconomic status

Descriptive epidemiology

characterizing health events by time, place and person

Hippocrates explained disease was rational rather than a supernatural viewpoint

he suggested enviro

John Graunt

London councilman who published a landmark analysis of morality data

Publication

first to quantify patterns of birth, death, and disease occurence