It Is Important for Healthcare Providers to Understand How Susceptibility

question 5

Multiple Choice

It is important for healthcare providers to understand how susceptibility and carriers contribute to illness. Which contributory category of susceptibility and carriers is correct?

• A) A person may only have passive immunity against exposure to a disease and becomes ill after exposure.
• B) People can harbor an infectious agent in their system and not become ill until a certain situation develops.
• C) People can be born with a genetic characteristics that make the individual immune to communicable diseases.
• D) A person may suspect an illness from a communicable disease and still choose to be involved with other people.

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Definitions:

Slope

In mathematics, the rate at which a line or curve inclines or declines, calculated as the ratio of the vertical change to the horizontal change between two points on the line.

Demand Curve

A graph showing the relationship between the price of a product and the quantity of the product that consumers are willing and able to purchase at various prices.

Quantity Demanded

The total amount of a good or service that consumers are willing and able to purchase at a specific price level within a certain period.

Income Response

The change in consumers' buying behavior resulting from a change in their income.