Epidemiology Key Terms
Across
- 1. This type of immunity refers to the resistance of a group to a disease because a large portion of the population is immune.
- 4. The number of people at risk who get an illness compared to the total number of people at risk.
- 7. Causes or risk factors that influence the occurrence of disease.
- 9. Sexual intercourse is an example of this mode of transmission.
- 10. Pre-clinical, sub-clinical, chronic, and latent are examples.
- 11. This type of prevention prevents exposure to the risk factor
Down
- 2. The frequency and patterns of health events in a population.
- 3. A worldwide epidemic.
- 5. The study of how diseases are distributed in a population and the factors that influence this distribution.
- 6. The "background rate" of disease within a given geographical area.
- 8. This type of prevention identifies people in the preclinical phase of illness.