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Latent Period
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The period of replication before shedding.
An infectious agent that has invaded a host and found conditions hospitable will replicate until it can be shed from the host. |
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Communicable Period
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Follows the latent period and begins with shedding of the agent.
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Incubation Period
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The time from invasion to the time when disease symptoms first appear.
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Chain of Transmission (COT)
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1. Infectious agents
2. Reservoirs 3. Portals of exit and entry 4. Modes of transmission (direct, indirect, fecal-oral, airborne) 5. Host susceptability |
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Ways to Break the Chain of Transmission (COT)
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1. Controlling the agent
2. Eradicating the nonhuman reservoir 3. Controlling the human reservoir 4. Controlling the portals of exit and entry 5. Improving host resistance and immunity (Most Common way to break COT) |
