BIOL 261 Chapter : Chapter 32 Vocabulary
15 Mar 2019
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Acute infection: a short-term infection, usually characterized by dramatic onset. Biological warfare: the use of biological agents to incapacitate or kill humans. Carrier: a subclinically infected individual who may spread a disease. Centers for disease control and prevention (cdc): the agency of the u. s. public health. Service that tracks disease trends, provides disease information to the public and to healthcare professionals, and forms public policy regarding disease prevention and intervention. Common-source epidemic: an epidemic resulting from infection of a large number of people from a single contaminated source. Emerging disease: an infectious disease whose incidence recently increased or whose incidence threatens to increase in the near future. Endemic disease: a disease that is constantly present, usually in low numbers. Epidemic: the occurrence of a disease in unusually high numbers in a localized population. Epidemiology: the study of the occurrence, distribution, and determinants of health and disease in a population.
