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| proportion of individs in a given population which develop a disease during a specific time period |
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| preventing the growth of bacteria |
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| causing the death of live bacteria |
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| someone who can carry and transmit a disease to another person, but who is not experiencing any symptoms |
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| a group of individs with a specific disease which are very similar in their time and place of occurrence or both |
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| the specific cause of a disease in a population |
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| the average or normal number of cases of a disease in a certain population |
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| the level of disease in a certain population that exceeds the endemic level |
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| to contact or possess a characteristic which is believed to influence the risk of acquiring a specific disease |
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| an inanimate object that may carry a pathogen (towel, underwear) |
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| the body produces its own antibodies naturally. long lasting. |
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| the body does not produce its own antibodies. short lasting |
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| the passage of antibodies from the mother to the baby for about the first 6 months of the babys life. rich source of antibodies |
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| artificial active immunity |
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| the introduction of an antigen that causes the formation of antibodies. these are called inoculations (polio) |
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| artificial passive immunity |
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| antibodies from another person or animal that are injected into a human (tetanus) |
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| total number of new cases of a disease measured within a calendar year |
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| the time between contact and demonstration of clinical evidence that a disease is present |
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| state of illness. the morbidity rate is the number of people that are ill. |
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| death rate. the mortality rate is the number of people dead. |
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| the probability that an event will or will not occur |
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| the specific characteristics of a disease |
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| the worldwide distribution of a disease |
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| total number of cases of disease both old and new |
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| the probability that an event will occur during a specific time frame |
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| an ongoing observation of a population used to detect any rapid changes of occurrence of a specific disease |
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| the probability of remaining alive for a specific amount of time after having been diagnosed with a particular disease |
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| no specific resistance to a disease |
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| the extent to which a study correctly represents the characteristics of interest |
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| the degree of pathogenicity of a microorganism (AIDS) |
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| statistical application pertaining to the vital facts of human existence |
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| number of deaths of a specific cause per 100,000 of population |
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| single most important factor showing the health of a community. correlates with availability of housing, pure water, literacy, economic development |
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