Epidemiology: Presentations of Infection

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Which type of clinical cases are considered more important epidemiologically?

  • Severe cases
  • Fatal cases
  • Mild cases (correct)
  • Typical cases

How are mild cases of infection described in the text?

  • Having severe symptoms
  • Having atypical symptoms
  • Restrained in the community
  • Ambulant with troublesome signs and symptoms (correct)

What characteristic distinguishes mild clinical cases from moderate or severe cases?

  • Source of infection
  • Severity of symptoms (correct)
  • Age of the individuals
  • Rate of spread

How are fatal cases of infection described in the text?

<p>Resulting in death (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of clinical cases pose a higher epidemiological concern based on the text?

<p>Ambulant mild cases (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is another name for a subclinical case of a disease?

<p>Masked case (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How do subclinical cases contribute to disease transmission?

<p>Act as carriers and contaminate the environment like clinical cases (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How are subclinical cases detected?

<p>Through laboratory tools (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following terms describes a case where the infectious agent multiplies in the host but does not manifest symptoms?

<p>Covert case (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In what way do subclinical cases help maintain disease endemicity?

<p>By accelerating disease spread (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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