Microbiology Demystified

(Nandana) #1

  1. The total number of old and new cases of a disease is called
    (a) incidence
    (b) prevalence
    (c) morbidity rate
    (d) prevalence rate

  2. The number of people in a given population who are ill is called
    (a) incidence
    (b) prevalence
    (c) morbidity rate
    (d) prevalence rate

  3. 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

  4. What is it called when a disease arises from person-to-person contact?
    (a) Pandemic
    (b) Sporadic disease
    (c) Source epidemic
    (d) Propagated epidemic

  5. 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

  6. 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


(^208) CHAPTER 13 Epidemiology and Disease

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