Epidemiology

What seeks to describe the occurrence of a disease in terms of person place and time.

• descriptive epidemiology
• epidemic
• healthy people 20/20
• methods

What is a measure of existing disease in a population at a particular life time?

• Prevalence proportion
• Nursing process
• Health care 
• Pandemic

Factors that can influence the emergence of new infectious diseases are?

• Public health, microbial adaptation, human behavior , food production, health care, societal events
• population, community, aggregates
• public, clinic, hospital
• immunizations, complimentary therapies

Influenza is a viral respiratory tract infection often indistinguishable from a common cold? 

• True
• False

Interventions to prevent infection are aimed at preventing specific infections?

• True
• False