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anshika

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on: Jul 8, 2018
Which would be considered a serious epidemic of influenza?
 
  a. 50 cases
  b. 100 cases
  c. 500 cases
  d. Unable to determine

Question 2

An example of an attack rate is the:
 
  a. Number of cases of cancer recorded at a medical center
  b. Number of people who died of cholera in India in a given year
  c. Number of beef cattle inoculated against mad-cow disease on a farm
  d. Proportion of people becoming ill after eating at a fast-food restaurant


samiel-sayed

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Reply #1 on: Jul 8, 2018
Answer to Question 1

D
One cannot tell the degree of seriousness without a denominator, which represents the total pop-ulation.

Answer to Question 2

D
Attack rates are often specific to exposures, such as food-specific attack rates.


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