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Since the 1940s, the incidence of a number of communicable diseases has been dramatically reduced. Currently, to prevent communicable diseases in the community,
 
  as evidenced by objectives in Healthy People 2010 and related efforts, there has been renewed emphasis on:
  1. Antibiotic treatment.
  2. Childhood immunizations.
  3. Environmental sanitation.
  4. Lifestyle changes.
  5. Quarantine and exclusion of persons known to be carriers.

Question 2

The population at highest risk for contracting tuberculosis is
 
  1. Children and young adults.
  2. Health care providers.
  3. Persons with multiple sex partners.
  4. Prisoners and the homeless.



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Answer to Question 1

ANS: 2

Answer to Question 2

ANS: 4



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