Disease Dilemmas key terms

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When a disease exists in a geographical area.
Endemic
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An outbreak of disease that affects a population.
Epidemic
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A widespread outbreak of a disease.
Pandemic
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A type of disease caused by pathogens such as bacteria, viruses, parasites or fungi. An example of this is the flu.
Infectious
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A type of disease spread from person to person in various ways. An example of this is HIV.
Communicable
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An infectious disease transmitted easily to others through a number of routes directly and indirectly. An example of this is cholera.
Contagious
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Not caused by pathogens, but lifestyle choices, pollution, allergies or genetics. An example of this is cancer.
Non-infectious
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Disease that is a medical condition that can't be passed between people. An example of this is diabetes.
Non-communicable
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Disease is not easily transmitted between people and may be vector-borne. An example of this is malaria.
Non-contagious
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A disease transferred from animals to humans. Some examples are rabes and madcow disease.
Zoonotic
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A type of diffusion when a disease leaves the origin and moves to new areas.
Relocation diffusion
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A type of diffusion which a disease spreads through direct contact.
Contagious diffusion
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A type of diffusion which a disease spreads out from the origin to new areas.
Expansion diffusion
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A type of diffusion which a disease spreads through an ordered sequence of places.
Hierarchical diffusion
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The diffusion model that shows how a disease will spread from patient zero. This man came up with the neighbourhood effect.
Hagerstrand
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A type of disease caused by pathogens such as bacteria, viruses, parasites or fungi. An example of this is the flu.

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A type of disease spread from person to person in various ways. An example of this is HIV.

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