Quizlet Epidemiology

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  1. common source outbreak: a disease stemming from one definable source (such as a water supply)
  2. emerging infectious disease: a disease that is new to the host species
  3. endemic disease: a disease that is always in a population
  4. epidemic disease: a disease that many people acquire over a short period
  5. epidemiology: the study of the occurance, transmission, avoidance, and cure of diseases
  6. incidence: the rate at which a disease appears in a population (ex. number per year)
  7. index case: the first case of a disease to be identified (ever or at the start of an epidemic)
  8. pandemic disease: an epidemic disease spread world-wide
  9. prevalence: the percent of a population (or the number of people) that currently have a disease
  10. propagated epidemic: an epidemic that is passed from agent to host (or person to person)
  11. sporadic disease: a disease that occurs occasionally in a population