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Ratio of persons infected
with the disease to those
who are not infected in a
population
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Number of death in a
population
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³outbreak´; disease affects
greater than usual number of
cases in a particular region,
usually occurring within a
relatively short period
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Disease occurs in epidemic
proportions in many
countries simultaneously
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an organism that is infected
by a pathogen but does not
necessarily have the infectious
disease caused by that pathogen
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The way the pathogen gets from the
reservoir to the new host
± indirect & direct
± pathogen stays in the air,
common air source
± from sneezing, coughing; blood
± contaminated inanimate
objects
biting insects/arachnids
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Route through which the pathogen enters
its new host
Body orifices, breaks in the skin (open
wounds); skin through bites
A person who can get sick when exposed
to a disease-causing pathogen
Humans with low immunity or resistance
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