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Communicable Disease
Communicable Disease
and
Definitions
Infection
Contamination
Infestation
Contagious disease
Incidence and
prevalence of
infectious diseases
Epidemic
Endemic
Hyperendemic
holoendemic
Pandemic
Exotic
Sporadic
Attack rate
Primary/secondary
cases
Zoonosis, epizootic
and enzootic
Nosocomial infection
Opportunistic infection
Eradication
Elimination
Infection
Infection is the entry and development or
STAPHYLOCOCCUS
AUREUS
SUBCINICAL OR
INAPPARENT:
POLIOMYELITIS
LATENT:
HERPES SIMPLEX
contamination
The presence of an infectious agent on a body
CONTAMINATION
Infestation
It is the lodgment, development and
Contagious disease
A contagious disease is the one that is
CONTAGIOUS DISEASE:
SCABIES, TRACHOMA, STD AND
LEPROSY.
Epidemic
The unusual occurrence in a community of
Endemic
It refers to the constant presence of a disease
Hyperendemic and
holoendemic
Sporadic
The word sporadic means scattered
Nosocomial infections
Nosocomial (hospital acquired) infection is an
Opportunistic infection
This is infection by organisms that take the
Eradication and
Elimination
Termination of all transmission of infection by the
extermination of the infectious agent through
surveillance and containment. Eradication is an
absolute process, an all or none phenomenon,
restricted to termination of infection from the
whole world.