| Epidemiological Triangle | Some professions that study disease | Descriptive Epidemiology | Wild Card |
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What is the agent?
The term for the cause of a disease in the epi triangle
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What is a Microbiologist?
She studies microscopic organisms such as bacteria and viruses
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What are Who? Where? When?
The tree "W" words that are asked in descriptive epi
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Who is John Snow?
He is known as the Father of Epidemiology
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What is the host?
The term for the thing or person that has the disease in the epi triangle
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What is a Physician/Doctor?
She works at the individual level and studies the medical history of specific patients to treat them
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What are Person, Place and Time?
The three components that descriptive epi describes
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What is the index case?
The originating case in an outbreak is referred to as this.
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What is the environment?
The surroundings or conditions that allow transmission of the disease in the epi triangle
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What is an Epidemiologist?
She studies populations and looks for patterns and causes of disease
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What are determinants?
Descriptive epi describes the distribution of disease and its _____________?
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What is Public Health?
The field many epidemiologists often work in.
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