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