BPH 206: FINAL EXAM Questions With Correct Answers
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BPH 206: FINAL EXAM Questions With
Correct Answers
What is disease transmission? - answerthe passing of a communicable disease from one
infected individual or host to another
Examples:
-Acquiring rabies from a dog bite
-Catching influenza from a co-worker
-Transmitting syphilis to a sex part...
-Agent of characteristics: infectivity, pathogenicity (capacity of a microbe to cause a disease) ,
virulence (degree of pathogenicity: severe or not as severe )
Environment: heat, moisture, proximity/interaction of organisms
What is the web of causation? - answer✔schematic of how factors work together to cause disease
(particularly used in chronic diseases/noninfectious diseases
Examples: host immunity, environmental factors, public health policies, access to healthcare,
genetic factors, travel, social networks, occupational exposures
What is endemic? - answer✔the "normal" expected presence of disease in a certain area
Ex: yellow fever in part of South America, malaria in parts of Africa, Common Cold in the USA
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