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From page 110...
... The presence of an association does not necessarily imply a causal relationship. Case fatality ratio: Cumulative incidence of death in a group of individuals who develop a particular disease over a specific time period.
From page 111...
... Ecosystem: Mutually interrelated communities of species and abiotic components, existing as a system with specific interactions and exchange of matter, energy, and information. El Nine: A warming of the surface waters of the tropical Pacific that occurs every three to five years, temporarily affecting weather worldwide.
From page 112...
... Incidence rate is the number of new cases of a specific disease diagnosed or reported during a defined interval of time divided by the number of all persons in a defined population during the same time. Infection: Presence of a parasite in a host, where it may or may not cause disease.
From page 113...
... Southern Oscillation: A large-scale atmospheric and hydrospheric fluctuation centered in the equatorial Pacific Ocean; exhibits a nearly annual pressure anomaly, alternatively high over the Indian Ocean and high over the South Pacific; the variation in pressure is accompanied by variations in wind strengths, ocean currents, sea surface temperatures, and precipitation in the surrounding areas. Susceptibility: Probability that an individual or population will be affected by an external hazard, such as infection by a pathogen.
From page 114...
... In most places, weather can change from hour to hour, from day to day, and from season to season. Zoonosis: Infection that causes disease in human populations but that can be perpetuated solely in nonhuman host animals (e.g., bubonic plague)


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