Zoonotic Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 3. disease that is caused by the invasion of a host by a pathogen and can be transmitted to other individuals.
  2. 7. A living intermediary that carries an agent from a reservoir to a susceptible host. Examples of vectors include mosquitoes, fleas, or ticks.
  3. 9. The transfer of an agent from a reservoir to a host either by being suspended in air particles (airborne), carried by an inanimate objects (vehicleborne), or carried by an animate intermediary (vectorborne).
  4. 10. A disorder of structure or function, especially one that produces specific signs or symptoms or that affects a specific location and is not simply a direct result of physical injury.
  5. 11. disease A zoonotic disease is a disease that can be spread between animals and humans.
  6. 14. Any disease-causing agent.
  7. 16. The occurrence of more cases of disease, injury, or other health condition than expected in a given area or among a specific group of persons during a particular period. Usually, the cases are presumed to have a common cause or to be related to one another in some way.
  8. 17. Any mode or mechanism by which an infectious agent is spread to a susceptible host.
Down
  1. 1. Immediate transfer of an agent from a reservoir to a host by direct contact or droplet spread.
  2. 2. A living organism that is susceptible to or harbors an infectious agent under natural conditions.
  3. 4. The amount or number of occurrences of an attribute or health outcome among a population. The resulting rate allows epidemiologists to compare disease occurrence across different populations.
  4. 5. An infective agent that typically consists of a nucleic acid molecule in a protein coat, is too small to be seen by light microscopy, and is able to multiply only within the living cells of a host.
  5. 6. An inanimate object that can be the vehicle for transmission of an infectious agent (e.g., bedding, towels, or surgical instruments).
  6. 8. The study of the distribution and determinants of health conditions or events among populations and the application of that study to control health problems.
  7. 12. It is the occurrence of more cases of disease, injury, or other health condition than expected in a given area or among a specific group of persons during a specific period. Usually, the cases are presumed to have a common cause or to be related to one another in some way. Sometimes distinguished from an epidemic as more localized, or the term less likely to evoke public panic
  8. 13. An epidemic occurring over a widespread area (multiple countries or continents) and usually affecting a substantial proportion of the population.
  9. 15. This occurs when a health department is proactive and contacts health care providers or laboratories requesting information about diseases.