ANTC67H3 : Definitions.docx
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Disease: a state of non-well-being or ill health of the body or mind. Epidemic: a simplified and crude definition is: the spread of a disease over a large number of individuals in a given community in a particular, short, period of time. Epidemiology: the study of the distribution of disease and injuries in human populations. Bacteria: microscopic unicellular organisms capable of independent reproduction. Endemic: the habitual presence or common recurrence of a disease in a population at a particular location. Infectious disease: able to be transmitted by air, water, foodstuffs, contact with objects, persons or vectors. Pandemic: when the increased incidence of the disease is of global proportions. In other words, a pandemic is a worldwide epidemic e. g 2009 h1n1. Scapegoat: an individual, or group of individuals, blamed for the origin or spread of a disease (unwarranted). Quarantine : the separation of individuals and/or goods, arriving from elsewhere and possibly carrying disease, from a community.
