EMERGING AND REEMERGING DISEASES

Cards (100)

  • Disease
    any harmful deviation from the normal structural or functional state of an organism, generally associated with certain signs and symptoms.
  • structural or functional
    Disease is any harmful deviation from the normal __________ or _________state of an organism, generally associated with certain signs and symptoms.
  • Infection
    occurs when an infectious agent enters the body and begins to reproduce; may or may not lead to disease
  • Infectious disease

    a disease caused by an infectious agent such as a bacterium, virus, protozoan, or fungus that can be passed on to others
  • Pathogen
    an infectious agent that causes disease
  • Emerging Infectious Diseases

    Infections that have recently appeared within a population or those whose incidence or geographic range is rapidly increasing or threatens to increase in the near future.
  • incidence or geographic range
    EID are infections that have recently appeared within a population or those whose _____________ is rapidly increasing or threatens to increase in the near future.
  • HIV
    Human Immunodeficiency Virus
    (HIV) HIV1 HIV2
  • HIV
    Unprotected sexual intercourse
    Sharing contaminated needles among intravenous drug users Vertical transmission
    Limited access to prevention and treatment services
    Stigma and discrimination
  • HIV-1

    which type of HIV has high infectivity?
  • HIV-1

    which type of HIV has high virulence?
  • HIV-1
    which type of HIV has higher heterosexual spread?
  • 20-25%

    vertical transmission percentage of HIV-1?
  • lesser or equal to 5%

    vertical transmission percentage of HIV-2?
  • HIV-2

    which type of HIV has lower genetic diversity?
  • Global
    prevalence of HIV-1
  • West Africa
    prevalence of HIV-2?
  • Common Chimpanzee
    Origin of HIV-1?
  • Sooty Mangabey

    Origin of HIV-2
  • lesser/equal to 10 yrs
    HIV-1 Time to Aids
  • greater/equal to 20 yrs

    HIV-2 Time to Aids
  • Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS 2)

    SARS-CoV-2
  • Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS 2)

    Delay in Recognition and Response
    Genetic Variation
    Global Travel
  • Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS)

    MERS-CoV
  • Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS)

    Global travel
    Animal contact
  • Middle East Respiratory Syndrome-related Coronavirus

    virus species of MERS
  • Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-related Coronavirus

    virus species of SARS
  • MERS-CoV
    individuum of MERS
  • SARS-CoV

    individuum of SARS
  • SARS-CoV-2
    individuum of Covid-19
  • Saudi Arabia (2019)

    MERS was first reported in?
  • China (2002)

    SARS was first reported in?
  • China (2019)

    Covid-19 was first reported in?
  • 2521+

    # of infections of MERS
  • 8098
    # of infections of SARS
  • 3,500,000+

    # of infections of Covid-19
  • 34%
    fatality rate of MERS
  • 10%
    fatality rate of SARS
  • 1%
    fatality rate of Covid-19
  • none
    preventive/curative treatment for MERS