Epidemiology Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• food borne disease : microbial causes may be e.coli
• morbidity rate : # of persons afflicted with an illness
• sporadic : occasional cases are reported at irregular intervals at random locales
• index case : the first patient found in an epidemiological investigation
• influenza : a highly contagious, febrile, acute respiratory infection of the nose, throat, bronchial tubes and lungs caused by the influenza virus
• prevalence : is the total number of existing cases with respect to the entire population.
• endemic : an infectious disease that exhibits a relatively steady frequency over a long time period in a particular area
• tuberculosis : caused by mycobacterium tuberculosis
• latent tb : they are infected with m. tuberculosis, but do not have active tb disease.
• pandemic : spread of an epidemic across continents
• mortality rate : total # of deaths in a population due to a certain disease
• incidence of disease : measures the number of new cases over a certain time period
• active tb : progression from latent tb infection
• propagated epidemic : results from an infectious agent that is communicable from person to person and is sustained over time in a population
• malaria : world’s most important tropical parasitic disease.
• epidemic : when statistics indicate that the prevalence of an endemic or sporadic disease is increasing beyond what is expected for a population
• epidemiology : study of frequency and distribution of disease and other health-related factors in defined populations
• point source epidemic : infectious agent came from a single source, - all “victims” exposed to it from that source