Disease Dilemmas key terms 0.0 / 5 ? GeographyDiseaseA2/A-levelOCR Created by: STheDrawingLlamaCreated on: 18-06-19 11:37 When a disease exists in a geographical area. Endemic 1 of 15 An outbreak of disease that affects a population. Epidemic 2 of 15 A widespread outbreak of a disease. Pandemic 3 of 15 A type of disease caused by pathogens such as bacteria, viruses, parasites or fungi. An example of this is the flu. Infectious 4 of 15 A type of disease spread from person to person in various ways. An example of this is HIV. Communicable 5 of 15 An infectious disease transmitted easily to others through a number of routes directly and indirectly. An example of this is cholera. Contagious 6 of 15 Not caused by pathogens, but lifestyle choices, pollution, allergies or genetics. An example of this is cancer. Non-infectious 7 of 15 Disease that is a medical condition that can't be passed between people. An example of this is diabetes. Non-communicable 8 of 15 Disease is not easily transmitted between people and may be vector-borne. An example of this is malaria. Non-contagious 9 of 15 A disease transferred from animals to humans. Some examples are rabes and madcow disease. Zoonotic 10 of 15 A type of diffusion when a disease leaves the origin and moves to new areas. Relocation diffusion 11 of 15 A type of diffusion which a disease spreads through direct contact. Contagious diffusion 12 of 15 A type of diffusion which a disease spreads out from the origin to new areas. Expansion diffusion 13 of 15 A type of diffusion which a disease spreads through an ordered sequence of places. Hierarchical diffusion 14 of 15 The diffusion model that shows how a disease will spread from patient zero. This man came up with the neighbourhood effect. Hagerstrand 15 of 15
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