- The total number of old and new cases of a disease is called
(a) incidence
(b) prevalence
(c) morbidity rate
(d) prevalence rate - The number of people in a given population who are ill is called
(a) incidence
(b) prevalence
(c) morbidity rate
(d) prevalence rate - What is a disease called when there is a worldwide distribution of the
disease?
(a) Pandemic
(b) Sporadic disease
(c) Source epidemic
(d) Propagated epidemic - What is it called when a disease arises from person-to-person contact?
(a) Pandemic
(b) Sporadic disease
(c) Source epidemic
(d) Propagated epidemic - What is it called when large numbers of a population are infected suddenly
from a common source?
(a) Pandemic
(b) Sporadic disease
(c) Source epidemic
(d) Propagated epidemic - What is it called when there are small isolated occurrences of a disease
reported?
(a) Pandemic
(b) Sporadic disease
(c) Source epidemic
(d) Propagated epidemic
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