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Epi Final Flashcards

1
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Purpose of Analytical Studies?

(2)

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  • ID & explain the cause of dz
  • numerically assess risk factors
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3 parts of an Analytical Study?

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  1. Data collection
  2. Data analysis
  3. Data interpretation
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Study type that compares dz occurrence between “exposed” & “non-exposed”

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Cohort study

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2 Strengths of Cohort Studies

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  • Rare exposure
  • can examine multiple outcomes of a single exposure
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Weaknesses of Cohort Study

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  • Not good for rare dz.
  • time consuming if there is a long period between exposure & dz.
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Prospective Cohort follows groups from _______ to ________.

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present to future

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Strengths of Prospective Cohorts

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  • measure Incidence
  • describes temporal relationships
  • collect data on possible confounders
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Weaknesses of Prospective Cohorts?

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  • Expensive & long
  • Lack of follow-up can affect validity
  • Requires a large # of subjects
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Retrospective Cohort follows subjects from _______ to _______.

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present to past

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Strengths of Retrospective Cohorts

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  • data is already present
  • cheap
  • easy to perform
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Weaknesses of Retrospective Cohorts

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  • Need good records → confounders
  • Selection bias
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Relative Risk looks at what?

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how many times more/less likely exposed individuals are to get the dz. relative to non-exposed individuals

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How do you calculate RR?

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Purpose of Cofidence Interval (CI)?

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allows you to determine whether or not the RR/OR can be deemed statistically significant

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When is the result said to be statistically significant?

(in regards to the CI)

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  • if the CI falls entirely on either side of the null value (1.0)
  • has be 95% or higher
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_______ are study subjects who have the disease of interest in Case-Control Studies.

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Cases

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What is the purpose of Case-Control Studies?

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compare frequency of exposure factors in cases w/ dz and cases w/o dz.

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_______ are subjects who are dz free at the time of selection in Case-Control Studies.

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Controls

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Where does Case Selection come from?

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  • all cases in a defined population or from the general population
  • often more convient
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Controls selected from CCS should be __________ to cases in every respect except _______.

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  • identical
  • disease
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How do you calculate Odds Ratio (OR)?

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Which study uses OR?

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Case-Control Studies

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4 Strengths of Case-Control Study?

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  • Rare dz.
  • Multiple exposure
  • cheap & fast
  • Small # of subjects
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4 Weaknesses of Case-Control Studies?

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  • No Incidence or Prevalence
  • Bias→ recall, selection, information, misclassification
  • Difficult to establish temporal relationships
  • Cofounding
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Objective of Randomized Clinical Trials (RCTs)?

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subjects followed over time to test possible effects of therapeutic & preventative interventions

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Which RCT evaluates whether agent/procedure reduces risk of dz. developing in those currently free from dz?

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Field Trial

(Prevention Trial)

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3 Strengths of RCTs?

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  • Control over study situation
  • Casual relatioship can be established
  • Reduced confounding & bias
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5 Weaknesses of RCTs?

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  • May not accurately represent normal population
  • Need large sample size → $$
  • May be timely
  • Ethical issues
  • Bias if no blinding is present
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Test that is:

  • Applied to animals showing CS of dz.
  • Confirms or classifies dz. status
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DX tests

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This test is used to:

  • to ID undiagnosed cases of dz in apparently healthy populations
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Screening tests

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Sensitivity means?

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Probability that a disesed patient will test positive

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Specificity means?

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Probability that a healthy patient will test negative

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33
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What must you use to calculate Sensitivity & Specificity?

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Gold Standard Tests

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34
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True Positive (TP) means?

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a diseased patients that test positive for dz.

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35
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True negative (TN) means?

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healthy patient that tests negative for dz

36
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False Positive (FP)?

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Healthy patient tests POSITIVE

37
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False Negative (FN)?

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Sick patient tests NEGATIVE

38
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Calculate Sensitivity!

39
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Calculate Specificity!

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TN

Dz. (-)

40
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Calculate Prevalence!

A

_ Dz (+) _

Total tested

OR

_ (a+c) _

(a+b+c+d)

41
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Calculate Positive Predictive Value (PPV)!

# of diseased subjects that test (+) for dz of interest

42
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Calculate Negative Predictive Value (NPV)!

Healthy subjects that test (-) for dz of interest

43
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When is it feasible to implement a Screening Program?

(5)

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  • Dz. is important to public health
  • Test will have a high level of case detection & low level of FPs
  • Have facilities available for follow-up & TX
  • Test doesn’t harm patient
  • cost effective
44
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List the 6 steps of Natural HX of Dz in order!

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  • biological onset
  • preclinical phase
  • detectable preclinical phase
  • lead time
  • critical points
  • clincal phase
45
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Phase of Natural HX of DZ where there are no symptoms & may only have sub-cellular changes in DNA?

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Biological onset

46
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Phase of Natural HX from biological onset to developement of CS of dz?

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Preclinical Phase

47
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The point during preclinical phase before symptoms develop, but dz can be detected using screening tests?

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Detectable preclincal phase

48
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Interval by which time of DX is advanced by early screening & early detection methods?

49
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Point(s) in natural HX BEFORE which TX in effective?

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Critical Points

50
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List order of the Chain of Infection!

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agent → reservoir/host → portal of exit → transmission → portal of entry → susceptible host

51
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T/F: All Amplifier Host = Essesential Hosts

52
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T/F: All Essential Hosts= Amplifier Hosts

53
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Key Requirement for INFECTION!

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host shows IMMUNE RESPONSE

54
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Time period btwn exposure to an agent & onset of CS of dz?

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Incubation period

55
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The interval between exposure to an infectious organism and the clinical appearance of disease

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Latent Period

56
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Clinically apparent infection = ?

57
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4 possible outcomes of Infection?

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  • Immunity
  • DZ
  • Subclincal Infection
  • Carrier state
58
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Antigenic Drift is responsible for what 2 things?

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  • small, gradual mutations
  • account for annual epidemics
59
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Antigenic Shift is responsible for what things?

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  • abrupt, major changes
  • new disease states (ex. H1N1)
60
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Calculate Infectivity!

A

_ infected animals _

exposed animals

61
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Calculate Attack Rate!

(infectivity during an outbreak)

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# new cases per period

entire population

62
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Calculate Secondary Attack Rate!

(susceptible animals following known contact w/ 1° case)

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_ # of new cases from 1° case _

all those healthy after contact w/ 1° case

63
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Calculate Pathogenicity!

(proportion of infected animals that develop CS)

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_ # of infected w/ C.S. _

All infected individuals

64
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Calculate Virulence!

(# of animals that develop severe dz)

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_ # w/ severe dz _

All dz. animals

65
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Calculate Case-Fatality Rate!

(proportion of cases that evenutally die from dz)

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_ # fatal cases _

All dz animals

66
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Calculate Mortality Rate!

(reflects burden of deaths from dz in the population as a whole)

A

_ # of deaths from dz _

Total population

67
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What season are respiratory diseases more prevalent?

68
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What season are food-borne & vector-borne diseases more prevalent?

69
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CDC definition of Herd Immunity?

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accomplished when # of animals w/ acquired immunity is so great that, under natural conditions, a infectious agent can’t enter into or spread w/in a herd.

70
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What happens to Herd Immunity when you introduce susceptible animals to a herd?

(2)

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  • host resistance is reduced
  • Increase in occurrence of infection & dz.
71
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What happens during the Descriptive Phase of an Outbreak Investigation?

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  1. describe dz parameters
  2. take herd HX
  3. form case definition
  4. make epidemic curve
72
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List the 3 components of Case Criteria.

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  1. CS
  2. immunologic response
  3. ability to detect agent & confirm it as the cause
73
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List the 4 Phases of Outbreak Investigation.

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  1. Descriptive
  2. Analytical
  3. Invervention
  4. Control
74
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Which 2 biological disasters are FAR more likely to occur?

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Natural disasters

Accidental disasters

75
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List the 3 consequences of all Biological Disasters

A

Health/Economic impact

Psychological impact

Improved Preparedness

76
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Agroterrism definition?

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intent to indirectly attack persons by destruction of plant & animal infastructure of a nation

77
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CDC Bioterrorism definition?

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deliberate release of viruses, bacT or other agents used to cause illness/death in people, animals or plants

78
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4 Clues to Occurence of Agro/Bioterrorism

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  • Clustering of dz (normally healthy populations
  • Dz outside normal/expected season
  • Dissemination over very large areas quickly → if airborne
  • Acute morbidity/mortality
79
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These agents belong to what CDC Category?

Ebola

  • Y. pestis* (plague)
  • B. anthracis* (anthrax)
  • C. botulinum* (botulism)
  • V. major (*small pox)
  • F. tularensis* (tularemia)
  • Lassa* virus
A

Category A

highest priority

80
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What 3 requirements must an agent meet to be considered CDC Category A agent?

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  • easily transmitted from person to person
  • High mortality rate
  • requires special action for public health preparedness
81
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What 3 requirements must an agent have to be considered a CDC Category B agent?

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  • moderately easy to disseminate
  • Moderate morbidity & low mortality rates
  • requires enchanced DX capacity & DZ surveillance
82
Q

These agents are all classified under what CDC Category?

  • Brucella*
  • C. burnetti* (Q fever)
  • Salmonella, E. coli, Shigella*
  • B. mallei (*Glander’s)
  • B. pseudomallei (*Melioidosis)
  • C. psittaci* (Psittacosis)
  • R. prowazekii* (epidemic typhus fever)
  • Alphaviridea* (EEE, WEE, VEE)
  • Crytosporidium*
  • V. cholerae*
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Category B Agents

second highest priority

83
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What 3 requirements are needed to be considered a CDC Category C agent?

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  • emerging pathogens→ ability to be engineered for mass dissemination
  • easy to produce & spread
  • potential for high morbidity/mortality rates → major health probs.
84
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List the 2 CDC Category C agents!

A

Nipah virus

Hanta virus

85
Q

List the 5 agents in Tier 1 of the Select Agent Program!

HHS & APHIS of USDA

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  1. FMD→ highest priority
  2. Classical Swine Fever
  3. Newcastle Dz.
  4. Vesicular stomatitis
  5. Avian influenza → highly pathogenic form
86
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What is the lead federal agency in safeguarding America’s livestock & poultry health?

A

APHIS of the USDA

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