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Appendix D Glossary Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) : An infectious disease caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
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400 GLOBAL CHANGE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE DYNAMICS Antimicrobials: Class of substances that can destroy or inhibit the growth of pathogenic groups of microorganisms, including bacteria, viruses, parasites, and fungi. Arboviral diseases: Shortened form of arthropod-borne virus.
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APPENDIX D 401 Climate: Average meteorological conditions over a specified time period, usually at least 1 month, resulting from interactions among the atmosphere, oceans, and land surface. Climate variations occur over a wide range of spatial and temporal scales.
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402 GLOBAL CHANGE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE DYNAMICS Ecology: The scientific study of the relationship between living things and their environments. Ecosystem: Mutually interrelated communities of species and abiotic components, existing as a system with specific interactions and exchange of matter, energy, and information.
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APPENDIX D 403 Epidemiology: Study of the distribution and determinants of health-related states or events in specified populations. Epidemiology is the basic quantitative science of public health.
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404 GLOBAL CHANGE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE DYNAMICS Genome: The complete set of genetic information in an organism. In bacteria, this includes the chromosome(s)
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APPENDIX D 405 Intermediate host: A host that is normally used by a parasite in the course of its life cycle and in which it may multiply asexually but not sexually. International Health Regulations (IHR)
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406 GLOBAL CHANGE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE DYNAMICS Monoculture: The cultivation or growth of a single crop or organism especially on agricultural or forest land. Morbidity: Diseased condition or state.
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APPENDIX D 407 Prevalence: Proportion of persons in a population currently affected by a particular disease. Prevalence rate is the number of cases of a specific disease at a particular time divided by the population at that time living in the same region.
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408 GLOBAL CHANGE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE DYNAMICS Species barrier: Difficulty or impossibility for an infectious agent to pass from one species to another (due to differences between species)
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APPENDIX D 409 wound or an area of trauma from scratching or rubbing. This transmission is by an infected nonvertebrate host and not simple mechanical carriage by a vector or vehicle.
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