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A

• aetiological fraction
• age-structured model
• antenatal
• attributable fraction

B

• basic reproductive rate, ratio
• BIDE
• breakpoint

C

• case-control study
• catalytic model
• catchment area
• chemoprophylaxis
• classical epidemiology
• close contact infection
• coevolution
• compartmental model
• confounding factor
• contact rate
• contagious distribution
• continuous time model
• cross-sectional method
• cross-sectional study
• CRS
• crude birth rate
• crude death rate

D

• definitive host
• density-dependent
• deterministic model
• difference equation
• differential equation
• direct life-cycle
• discrete time model

E

• ecdemic
• ecological epidemiology
• effect modifiers
• endemic fadeout

• epidemic
• epidemical
• epidemic fadeout
• epidemiologic measurements
• exponential decay
• exposure odds ratio

F

• foetal mortality rate
• force of infection
• Framingham Heart study

G

• growth rate of population

H

• helminths
• hi test
• holoendemic
• horizontal survey
• horizontal transmission
• hypoendemic

I

• indirect life-cycle
• indirect transmission
• infected
• infectious period
• instantaneous rate
• intermediate host
• inverse density dependence

J

K

L

• life expectancy
• longitudinal study

M

• macroparasites
• mass action transmission
• maternal immunity
• mathematical model
• mesoendemic
• metazoans
• microparasites
• molluscicides
• multiple infection

N

• negative binomial distribution

• non-direct transmission
• notifiable disease

O

• odds ratio
• overdispersion

P

• panzootic
• per capita rate
• population characteristics
• population density
• population dynamics
• population genetics
• population growth
• population pyramid
• population surveillance
• predator
• prevalence models
• prospective study

Q

R

• recrudescence
• relative risk
• reproductive ratio
• retrospective study

S

• seir model
• seropositive
• sex distribution
• stochastic model
• subclinical infection

T

• test-retest reliability
• total fertility rate
• transmission breakpoint
• transmission threshold
• type II mortality
• type I mortality

U

V

• vectorial capacity

W

• worm burden

X

Y

Z