NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS
MICROBIOLOGY
Question
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Epidimic
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Pathogen
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Endemic
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pandemic
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Detailed explanation-1: -Sporadic refers to a disease that occurs infrequently and irregularly. Endemic refers to the constant presence and/or usual prevalence of a disease or infectious agent in a population within a geographic area. Hyperendemic refers to persistent, high levels of disease occurrence.
Detailed explanation-2: -Similar to an outbreak, an epidemic is defined by being contained in a small population, but the number of cases is larger than normally expected. Other examples of epidemics in our modern world include yellow fever, smallpox, and West Nile.
Detailed explanation-3: -Based on criteria such as this, epidemics are classified into three types: common source outbreaks. propagated or progressive epidemics. mixed epidemics.
Detailed explanation-4: -A disease outbreak is endemic when it is consistently present but limited to a particular region. This makes the disease spread and rates predictable.