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POPM 3240 FINAL EXAM | Questions & Answers (100 %Score) Latest Updated
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Definition of Epidemiology - Study of frequency, distribution and determinants of health and disease in
populations. Disease distribution is not random.



primary prevention - preventing the initial development of a disease

ex. immunization, condoms, lab coat



Secondary Prevention - Early detection of an existing disease

ex. cancer screening, mammogram



Tertiary Prevention - Reducing impact of the disease. Treating signs and symptoms

ex. stroke rehabilitation, tylenol, losing weight



Who developed a hand-washing policy to make sure medical students didn't transmit childbed fever to
pregnant women - Semmelweis



Who discovered that cowpox is a way of preventing small pox? - Jenner



Who theorized that cholera comes from contaminated water? - Snow



Who found the cause and cure of scurvy aboard ships? - Lind



Who observed that chimney sweepers were more likely to get carcinogenic tumours? - Pott



agents - bacteria, parasites, viruses, fungi, poison, alcohol, smoke



environmental factors - temperature, housing, water, air pollution, altitude

, host factors - age, sex, genetic profile, family history



horizontal transmission - transmission between members of the same species



vertical transmission - transmission between mother to embryo/fetus/baby



direct transmission - person-to-person contact



indirect transmission - ingestion, aerial, inanimate object, latrogenic



vectors - - indirect route of transmission from animal to human

- 75% of all diseases

- zoonotic (between animals and humans)



Subclinical Disease - when you don't show symptoms of illness

ex. cases of polio



Clinical Disease - shows symptoms

- preclinical aren't yet apparent but will become clinical



Persistent Chronic Disease - Infection persists for years



Latent Disease - infection w no active multiplication of the agent



Infected Vs Diseased - infected: host is invaded by organisms and hosts immune system responds

diseased: infection causes clinical signs and symptoms



Carrier - harbours the organism but isn't infected

- can still infect others but at a lower risk than other infections

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