ANTC68H3 Lecture Notes - Intelligent Agent, Ethnomedicine
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Epidemic: a sudden increase in new cases of a disease. Endemic: diseases are constantly present in low levels in a population. Pandemic: when an epidemic has spread across a large region (multiple countries/continents) Who definition of health: not merely the absence of disease and infirmity but complete physical, mental and social wellbeing who. Incidence: number of new cases of a particular disease in a specific population within a given time period. Prevalence: number of total cases of a disease within a specific population at any given time. Usually expressed as rate: per 100, per 100,000. Vector: any living agent that carries and transmits an infectious organism from one host to another (mosquito vector; human, host) Epidemiologic triad: host agent environment. Ecological approach: focuses on interaction between disease and host within a given ecosystem. Political economy/marxist: focuses on modes of production and changing social relations as seen from colonialist perspective (role of development)
