HLTB21H3 Final: Full year study guide (including AIDS and w/o germs)

Match the term with its definition.

____1. Case

____2. Case fatality rate

____3. Disease control

____4. Elimination of disease

____5. Emerging of disease

____6. Eradication of disease

____7. Parasite

____8. Reemerging infection disease

A. Reducing the incidence and prevalence of a disease to an acceptable level

B. An existing disease that has increased in incidence or has taken on new forms

C. Termination of all cases of a disease and its transmission globally

D. An individual with a particular disease

E. Reducing the incidence of a disease in a specific area to zero

F. A newly discovered disease

G. An organism that lives in or on another organism, taking its nourishment

H. The proportion of persons with a particular condition who dies from that condition

1. The three infectious diseases that cause the majority ofdeaths worldwide are influenza, hepatitis B, and malaria.

True False

2.

Although it is normally transmitted by mosquitoes, malaria couldpotentially be transmitted by blood transfusions as the parasitethat causes it lives in the blood.

True

False

3. The overuse of ____________________ can cause bacteria todevelop genetic resistance.

4. Chagas is the most important parasitic illness in _______causing 40,000 deaths each year.

5. List four factors that are responsible for emerginginfectious disease.

6. The Ebola virus is spread through casual contact.

True

False

Lagniapposis is caused by a microparasite,Boudreauxia thibodauxi, and is transmitted directly bycoughing and sneezing. It is highly transmissible and veryvirulent. Infected hosts become immune after a week if they do notdie. Use the equation for directly transmittedmicroparasites to discuss the following.

A. Lagniapposis