Epidemiology Basics Quiz
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What is the study of how often diseases occur in different groups of people and why?

  • Basic reproduction number
  • Morbidity
  • Pathogen definitions
  • Epidemiology (correct)
  • Which type of disease occurs with a frequency in excess of what is expected?

  • Endemic
  • Mortality
  • Pandemic
  • Epidemic (correct)
  • What is the number of new cases that occur in a population where there may be both susceptible and immune people present?

  • Pathogenicity
  • Basic reproduction number
  • Incidence
  • Effective reproduction number (correct)
  • What is the absolute ability of an infectious agent to cause damage?

    <p>Pathogenicity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the rate of new cases of disease?

    <p>Incidence</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of disease is caused by a pathogen transmitted from a source to a susceptible host through direct or indirect contact with the source?

    <p>Infectious disease</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the difference between virulence and pathogenicity?

    <p>Virulence measures the severity of a disease, while pathogenicity measures the ability of a microorganism to cause disease</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What distinguishes communicable diseases from contagious diseases?

    <p>Communicable diseases can be transmitted by direct or indirect contact, while contagious diseases are the quickest and easiest to spread</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What defines an endemic disease?

    <p>The habitual presence of a disease within a specific geographical area</p> Signup and view all the answers

    When does an epidemic occur?

    <p>When the frequency of a disease exceeds what is expected due to changes in the equilibrium of population, agent, and environment</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What characterizes a pandemic?

    <p>A worldwide epidemic affecting an exceptionally high proportion of the global population</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How is the speed of transmission of an infection measured?

    <p>By using the attack rate (β)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the reproductive number (R) measure?

    <p>The average number of secondary cases produced by cases during their infectious periods</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What characterizes an emerging infectious disease?

    <p>Caused by a pathogen newly recognized as causing disease in humans</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What distinguishes re-emerging infectious diseases?

    <p>Already known to affect humans but has expanded its potential range</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does breaking some links in the chain of infection aim to achieve?

    <p>Stopping transmission of the infection by targeting various points along its spread from source to susceptible host</p> Signup and view all the answers

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