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Epidemiology for Public Health Practice 5th Edition by Robert Friis,Thomas Sellers

Edition 5ISBN: 978-1449665494
book Epidemiology for Public Health Practice 5th Edition by Robert Friis,Thomas Sellers cover

Epidemiology for Public Health Practice 5th Edition by Robert Friis,Thomas Sellers

Edition 5ISBN: 978-1449665494
Exercise 6
The following questions pertain to the term epidemic.
a. What is meant by an epidemic? Give a definition in your own words.
b. Describe a scenario in which only one or two cases of disease may represent an epidemic.
c. What is the purpose of surveillance?
d. Give an example of a disease that has cyclic patterns.
e. What is the epidemic threshold for a disease? In what sense is it possible to conceive of the epidemic threshold as a statistical concept?
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