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Re: Disease Detectives B/C

Posted: March 19th, 2013, 3:51 pm
by isaysroar
Vector!

A human experiment?

Re: Disease Detectives B/C

Posted: March 19th, 2013, 5:59 pm
by Infinity Flat
isaysroar wrote:Vector!

A human experiment?
Clinical Trial?

Re: Disease Detectives B/C

Posted: March 19th, 2013, 6:16 pm
by isaysroar
Nope. Randomized Controlled Trial Study.

What is the severity of disease that the agent causes to host?

Re: Disease Detectives B/C

Posted: March 19th, 2013, 8:01 pm
by summit
isaysroar wrote:
What is the severity of disease that the agent causes to host?

virulence?

Re: Disease Detectives B/C

Posted: March 19th, 2013, 8:05 pm
by isaysroar
Yup!

-What occurs when the exposure to the source is prolonged over an extended period of time and may occur over more than one incubation period. The down slope of the curve may be very sharp if the common source is removed or gradual if the outbreak is allowed to exhaust itself.

Re: Disease Detectives B/C

Posted: March 19th, 2013, 8:06 pm
by strawberrygirl
isaysroar wrote:
-What occurs when the exposure to the source is prolonged over an extended period of time and may occur over more than one incubation period. The down slope of the curve may be very sharp if the common source is removed or gradual if the outbreak is allowed to exhaust itself.
Continuous Common Source Epi Curve

Re: Disease Detectives B/C

Posted: March 20th, 2013, 5:14 am
by isaysroar
Yep now you right the definition.

Re: Disease Detectives B/C

Posted: March 20th, 2013, 2:30 pm
by strawberrygirl
What is the transfer of an agent from a reservoir to a host by suspended air particles, inanimate objects, or animate intermediaries?

Re: Disease Detectives B/C

Posted: March 20th, 2013, 2:34 pm
by Infinity Flat
strawberrygirl wrote:What is the transfer of an agent from a reservoir to a host by suspended air particles, inanimate objects, or animate intermediaries?
Mode of Transmission

The spectrum of circumstances that set the stage for illness or disease outbreak.

Re: Disease Detectives B/C

Posted: March 20th, 2013, 5:00 pm
by isaysroar
risk?