Find an example of an infectious disease for each of the term(s) or concept(s) below.
Give the name of the disease and its causal agent and whether it is viral (V), prion (PR), bacterial (B), fungal (F), protozoan (P), or helminthic (H).
All of the diseases must be infectious diseases.
10. Give an example of each of the following categories of disease relating to occurrence.
a. sporadic
b. endemic to MN
c. epidemic
d. pandemic
e. causes localized outbreaks:
f. an emerging disease
g. a nosocomial disease
11. Give an example of each of the following categories of disease relating to its transmission.
a. Direct contact: droplet
b. vector, and name the vector
c. vehicle: waterborne
d. vehicle: foodborne
e. Vehicle: airborne
f. intimate direct contact
g. direct contact, not intimate
h. often fomite transmission
10.a.Definition of sporadic: occurring occasionally, singly, or in irregular or random instances.Examples of sporadic diseases include tetanus, rabies, and plague. TETANUS-CLOSTRIDIUM TETANI A BACTERIA.
c.EPIDEMIC DEFINITION-a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time."a flu epidemic".
The 10 deadliest epidemics in history
d. pandemic definition-prevalent over a whole country or the world.HIV/AIDS is an example of one of the most destructive global pandemics in history.
g. Nosocomila disease-adisease originating in a hospital. nosocomial infections include: ventilator-associated pneumonia, Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Candida albicans, Acinetobacter baumannii, Clostridium difficile, Tuberculosis, Urinary tract infection, Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus and Legionnaires' disease.
11.a.Common cold, Diphtheria, Fifth disease (erythema infectiosum), Influenza, Meningitis, Mycoplasma, Mumps, Pertussis (whooping cough), Plague, Rubella, Strep (strep throat, scarlet fever, pneumonia).-DROPLET INFECTION.
c.Some waterborne pathogenic microorganisms spread by water can cause severe, life-threatening diseases. Examples are typhoid fever, cholera and Hepatitis A or E. Other microorganisms induce less dangerous diseases. Often, diarrhoea is the main symptom.
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Find an example of an infectious disease for each of the term(s) or concept(s) below. Give...
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