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EPIDEMIOLOGIC TRIANGLE: CHICKEN POX
EPIDEMIOLOGIC TRIANGLE: COMMON COLD
HOSPITAL
ENVIRONMENT
Definition:
-A hospitable environment is one where the germs have the best "home" to grow in. Outside factors effect this.
Factors:
-Temperature: rainy and cold weather
-People who have have the virus are considered contagious. If they sneeze, cough or blow their nose near you, you may be reseptive to getting it.
-You are also at risk if you touch your eyes, nose or mouth after touching an object infected with the virus. For example, a toy or a doorknob.
Preventative Care:
-It is important to be aware of the hospitable environment for this virus to ensure you are not creating a comfortable living place for the germs!
-Disinfect surfaces that are used and touched daily
-Dress warm/wear protective layers during cold and rainy seasons
-Wash your hands regularly
-Avoid touching nose, mouth, and eyes when hands are not clean. This is how the virus travels!
HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY
Definition:
-The prime candidate for the virus to make its "new home"
-Someone not in good health that the virus can take control over easily
-A place the virus can grow
Factors:
-The common cold does not care about age, race, ethnicity. Anyone can become infected. Even you and me!
-However, an optimal immune system is important to avoided becoming infected. Ensure a healthy balanced diet, adequate sleep, avoiding smoking and drinking.
AGENT INFECTIVITY
Process of a virus invading a cell
Factors:
- A virus: smallest known pathogen. About 1/500th size of bacteria
-A virus cannot carry out any life process on its own. To reproduce it must inject its own DNA into a host cell and force it to make copies of itself. Then seeks out other cells to invade.
-The virus breaches into the body by surpassing the immune system.
-Nutritional: when nutrition is not at its best, you may not be receiving all the vitamins living to be healthy
Definition:
-How does the virus infiltrate the body
-How is the germ received and reproduced
-What it consists of
-Type of Pathogen: biological make-up
By: Mayra Nevarez