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| more cases of a particular disease than expected in a given area, or among a specialized group of people over a particular period of time, localized epidemic |
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| large numbers of people over a wide geographic area affected |
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| an aggregation of cases over a particular period, closely grouped in time or space regardless of whether the number is greater than expected or not |
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| An epidemic occurring over a very wide area, usu. affecting a large portion of the population. |
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| Probability that an individual will be effected by or die from a particular illness/injury within a stated time/age span. |
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| an animate intermediary in the indirect transmission of an agent, that carries the agent from a reservoir to a susceptible host. (like mosquitoes to malaria) |
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| A physical object that serves to transmit an infectious agent from person to person. (lice-infested comb, etc.) |
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| An infectious disease that is transmissible from animals to humans |
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| Systematic/ongoing collection, analysis, interpretation, and dissemination of health data, to gain knowledge of patterns of disease, injury, etc. to work towards controlling/preventing them. |
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| detailed report of a single patient from one or more doctors |
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| characteristics of several patients |
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rate that a group experienced an outcome or illness
= # sick/total in group
(look for high attack rate in exposed, low in unexposed) |
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estimates extent of association between an exposure and the disease.
= Attack rate (exposed) / Attack rate (unexposed)
if > 1, then increased risk/positive association
if < 1, then negative association (protective effect?)
if = 1, then no evidence for association |
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