Quiz 1 Epidemiology

The distribution of an epidemic may...

• vary from one population to another.

• stay the same no matter where you look.

Epidemiology looks at disease in _______ groups.

• population

• individual

• species

• country

Define Epidemic:

• striking many people at the same time; widely diffused and rapidly spreading

• striking a small group of people at the same time; widely diffused and rapidly spreading

• a small outbreak that is concentrated in one geographical location

• opposite of pandemic

Medical Anthropology is -

• concerned with the cultural aspects of health and medicine

• concerned with different foods people eat.

• concerned with the hygienic aspects of health and medicine

• concerned with people's religion

Koch's Postulates -

• state diseases are caused by specific living organisms

• diseases are caused by non-living organisms

• diseases are caused by bad smells

The main goal(s) of epidemiology:

• Improved understanding of the natural history of disease and the factors that influence its distribution .

• Intervention

• Improved understanding of the of disease.

• Vaccination

Which disease did Dr John Snow help stop the spread of?

• Malaria

• Cholera

• Dengue

• COVID-19

Which among the following is not example of morbidity

• Number of people who have cancer

• Number of people who have hypertension

• Number of patients suffered with Acute Lower Respiratory Tract Infection

• Number of people who died from cancer

What term describes "illness within a population"

• mortality

• virulent

• carcinogen

• morbidity

What term describes "death within a population"

• mortality

• virulent

• botulism

• morbidity