BSCI 223 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Rhesus Macaque, Aedes Aegypti, Immunodeficiency
19 Apr 2016
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Convalescent- body fought disease, no more signs, immune system took over. Can have the disease for a while- but you will only see it after a specific amount of time, after the incubation period. Reservoirs of infection or source (not in the host)- Human: only found in humans, so must be transmitted direct from another human. Non-living: soil, water, food, fomite (inanimate object- way to spread), etc. Vector (living organism- interacts with host and then give it) transmission- Portals of exit- leaves the bodies in many ways. Incidence: number of new cases of disease in a given area or population in a given time period. Total number of cases both new and existing in a given area or population in a given time period. Endemic- regularly found among particular people or in a certain area. Sporadic- occurring at irregular intervals or only in a few places; scattered or isolated.
