Epidemiology

What epidemiological term describes the number of NEW cases of a disease or event in a specific population?

• incidence

• risk

• monitoring

• mortality

What epidemiological term describes the number of times a condition occurs in relation to the total number of people?

• incidence

• prevalance

• monitoring

• surveillance

What epidemiological term describes how epidemiologists search and document disease?

• incidence

• prevalance

• monitoring

• surveillance

Which of these best describes the purpose of monitoring in epidemiology?

• tells why a population has a disease

• tells if there is more or less of a disease over time

• tells the health of the United States

• tells how many new cases of a disease occur

A ________ is a disease that occurs over a wide geographic area and affects a very high proportion of the population.

• disease
• epidemic
• pandemic
• pandemonium

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communicable disease

• a disease that gets spread person to person

• a disease that is not spread through other people

• a disease that is only spread directly

• a disease that is only spread indirectly

acute infection

• rapid onset of symptoms, followed by a brief set of symptoms and a resolution within days

• being constantly plagued by a disease

• an infection that makes you feel adorable

• an infection that is isolated to one part of the body

chronic infection

• an infection that repeatedly flairs and never fully goes away

• an infection that causes symptoms for a short time and then resolves

• caused only by viruses

• caused only by bacteria

epidemic

• a large, country-wide outbreak

• global outbreak

• a small, localized outbreak

• a disease that is always present, but in lower quantities

pandemic

• a large, country-wide outbreak

• global outbreak

• a small, localized outbreak

• a disease that is always present, but in lower quantities