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What are the four stages of infectious disease?
What are the four stages of infectious disease?
- Primary, secondary, tertiary, quaternary
- Incubation, prodromal, illness, convalescence (correct)
- Latent, acute, chronic, subclinical
- Exposure, colonization, infection, disease
Which of the following is not a type of infectious agent?
Which of the following is not a type of infectious agent?
- Chlamydiae
- Rickettsiae
- Spirochetes
- Prions (correct)
What are the three components of the epidemiological triad?
What are the three components of the epidemiological triad?
- Exposure, colonization, infection
- Agent, host, environment (correct)
- Incubation, prodromal, illness
- Pathogen, vector, transmission
Which is a method of transmission-based precautions?
Which is a method of transmission-based precautions?
What is a human reservoir in the chain of infection?
What is a human reservoir in the chain of infection?
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Infectious disease stages
Infectious disease stages
The four stages of an infectious disease are incubation, prodromal, illness, and convalescence.
Infectious agent types
Infectious agent types
Prions are not a type of infectious agent.
Epidemiological triad components
Epidemiological triad components
The three components are agent, host, and environment.
Transmission-based precaution example
Transmission-based precaution example
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Human reservoir
Human reservoir
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