Exercise 33; Lab epidemiology

Question 1

give patient zero, determine all others infected.

Answer 1

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Question 2

epidemiology

Answer 2

the study of the spread of disease

Question 3

prevalence

Answer 3

the total number of people in a population who have a disease at a particular time regardless of when they caught it or when they were diagnosed

Question 4

incidence

Answer 4

the rate measures the number of new cases of disease that occur within a certain time period.

Question 5

epidemic

Answer 5

when a disease is spreading rapidly in a particular population

Question 6

pandemic

Answer 6

a disease spreading rapidly globally or over one or more continent

Question 7

endemic

Answer 7

when the prevalence is fairly stable in a location

Question 8

sporadic

Answer 8

one that occurs infrequently and in scattered locations

Question 9

source case

Answer 9

original patient responsible for transmitting the disease to others

Question 10

prevalence rate equation

Answer 10

total # of cases in a population/ total # of people in the population * 100,000

Question 11

incidence rate equation

Answer 11

of new cases in the pop/ # of people in the pop * 100.000