- An incubatory carrier is an individual who transmits the disease before
becoming symptomatic.
(a) True
(b) False - The number of people infected by a disease at any point in time is called
the
(a) incidence
(b) morbidity rate
(c) prevalence
(d) none of the above - Morbidity rate is the number of people is a given population who
are ill.
(a) True
(b) False - When there are small isolated occurrences of a disease reported it is
called a
(a) pandemic
(b) source epidemic
(c) sporadic disease
(d) propagated epidemic - A disease is called an epidemic when there is a worldwide distribution of
the disease.
(a) True
(b) False - When large numbers of a population are infected suddenly from a com-
mon source it is called a
(a) pandemic
(b) sporadic disease
(c) propagated epidemic
(d) none of the above - The carrier period is the period of time when a disease is contagious and
communicable before showing signs and symptoms and during recovery.
(a) True
(b) False
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