BTR Flashcards
Difference b/w Triad , Triangle and adv epidem triangle
Triad is simple
Triangle has time factor
Adv is elaborative
Incubation period?
Time bw entry of organism and symptom
Case fatality rate is a _________ ?
Misnomer (proportion)
QL of yellow fever
6 days
Elimination dates :
Guinea worms
Leprosy
Yaws
NT
Eradication :
Small pox?
2000
2005
2016
2016
8 may 1980
What kind of surveillance does HIV has?
Sentinel
Virulence of disease
Case fatality rate
Communicability of disease
Secondary attack rate
Serial interval ?
Time btw 1° case and 2° case.
Generation time
Time btw entry of organism and max communicabilty.
Lead time
Time saved by picking up disease earlier from point D (usual time of dx)
To Point B (Pathological changes) by screening.
Case control
Disease to exposure
(Go back in time)
Cohort (P, R)
Prospective(exposure to disease but disease hasn’t happened yet)
Retrospective( exp to disease but both has happened)
Nested case control
Case and control chosen from a defined cohort and then folled for exposure
For rare ds.
Epidemi. Study best for MULTIPLE EXPOSURE?
Case control
Epi study best for OUTCOMES?
Cohort studies
Best for RARE DS.
CASE CONTROL
Best for RARE INVESTIGATION
Nested CASE CONTROL
Incidence study
Cohort
Prevalence study
Cross sectional
Intention to treat
Randomised control trial