Saturday, 11 April 2020

Terms and their Specific Meanings related to Corona Virus

Disease  : An important of the normal state of an organism or any of its components that hinders the performance of vital functions.

Epidemic: When a disease occurs in an unusually high number of individuals in a population at the same time.

Pandemic: Is a widely distributed epidemic within a large population spread at least at continental level.

Outbreak : is the sudden , unexpected occurrence of a disease usually in a relatively short period of time in an area previously experiencing only sporadic cases of the disease .

Symptom: is the manifestation ( appearance ) of the disease .

Infection: is the beginning of the microbial growth in the host.

Contact transmission : implies the coming together or touching of the source of reservoir of the pathogen and the host.

Incubation period : is the time between the infection and the appearance of disease symptoms.

Quarantine : a state , period,or place of isolation in which people or animals that have arrived from elsewhere or been exposed to infectious or contagious disease are placed.

Prevalence : is the proportion of diseased individuals in a population in a given time period no matter when the disease began.
Microbiology , Author : R P Singh

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