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Epidemiology Fill In The Blanks

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Question: A measure of cumulative incidence often used for an outbreak that over a relativity short time period.Answer: Attack
Question: A mixing or muddling of effects that can when the relationship we are interested in is confused by the effect of something else.Answer: Confounding
Question: The theoretical point during the development of a disease which the disease process is irreversible and treatment will confer little or no benefit. Answer: point
Question: The proportion of a that develops the outcome of interest in a specific time period.Answer: Cumulative
Question: A that is constantly present in a population.Answer: Endemic
Question: The occurrence of a disease at a level than what would normally be expected. Answer:
Question: A generic term to describe the genetic, phenotypic, behavioural, life style, environmental (or potential causes) being studied in relation to an outcome of interest.Answer: Exposure
Question: When something varies across different it is Answer: Heterogeneous
Question: When something is across different groups it is Answer:
Question: New cases of a disease. Commonly used to describe the actual of new cases.Answer:
Question: The time between infection (entry of The disease into susceptible host) and the onset of clinical disease(symptoms).Answer: Incubation
Question: The of a microbial agent into a higher-order host and its multiplication within the host.Answer: Infection
Question: The ability of an organism to invade and multiply a host. It is the proportion of exposures that result in infection.Answer:
Question: When a organism lives on an external surface of an other (usually higher) organism.Answer:
Question: The measure of the of organisms infecting an individual.Answer: Intencity
Question: The between the first detectable signs of a disease and the overt symptoms that normally lead to diagnosis. Answer: Lead
 
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