SOLUTIONS TO EXERCISES, LESSON 1
1. The prevalence of disease in peacetime (para 1-3)
3. Those illnesses that can be transmitted from human to human or from animal to
4. The period of time between infection and the onset of signs and symptoms of the
5. a.
Clinical procedures
b.
6. The broad range of differences experienced by people in a group, all having the
same illness. The range is from the very ill to the barely ill. (para 1-6c)
7. a.
The reservoir (the source)
b.
The vector (means of transmission)
c.
8. a.
Isolation
b.
Quarantine
c.
Medical surveillance
d.
9. A "susceptible" or "nonimmune" individual is one who has little resistance against a
particular disease organism. If exposed to this organism, he is like to contract the
End of Lesson 1
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