| A | B |
|---|
| Outbreak | More than normal of specific illness in group |
| Epidemic | Large # of ill infected in a wide geographic area |
| Cluster | Large amount of cases throu specific time and region |
| Pandemic | Epidemic occuring over wide area and large pop---across countries/continents |
| Risk | chance that person will get disease |
| Vector | Living organism-transfers disease btwn agent & host |
| Mosquito carries malaria | Example of vector |
| Fomite | Object that transmits disease |
| Comb with lice | Example of fomite |
| Zoonosis | Infectious disease transferred from animals to humans |
| Surveillance | Collection & analysis of health data-to control or prevent illness |
| Exposure | Term used for presence of agent that causes disease |
| Triad of epidemiology | agent, host, environment |
| Triad of analysis | person, place, time |
