Disease Detectives B/C

ampy1234567 · Post by **ampy1234567** » November 29th, 2015, 6:58 am

What is the difference between incidence and prevalence? Explain how each is calculated.

sarawillington · Post by **sarawillington** » December 8th, 2015, 10:44 pm

sorry I have no idea about that....

Bozongle · Post by **Bozongle** » December 9th, 2015, 10:06 am

ampy1234567 wrote:What is the difference between incidence and prevalence? Explain how each is calculated.

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Incidence is the measure of the rate of new cases occuring in a specified population, while prevalence is the proportion of cases currently present in a specified population

Incidence is # of new cases/time observed/period
Prevalence is # of cases present during a time period/population

ampy1234567 · Post by **ampy1234567** » December 10th, 2015, 1:53 pm

Bozongle wrote:
ampy1234567 wrote:What is the difference between incidence and prevalence? Explain how each is calculated.
Answer (Click to Show Hidden Text)
Incidence is the measure of the rate of new cases occuring in a specified population, while prevalence is the proportion of cases currently present in a specified population

Incidence is # of new cases/time observed/period
Prevalence is # of cases present during a time period/population

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platinumfalcon · Post by **platinumfalcon** » January 1st, 2016, 2:14 pm

ok let's bump this marathon! i'll post two questions here.
1. Name the three major types of plagues.
2. Name the main animal that is a vector for the Nipah virus.

meteorology891 · Post by **meteorology891** » January 7th, 2016, 6:42 pm

platinumfalcon wrote:ok let's bump this marathon! i'll post two questions here.
1. Name the three major types of plagues.
2. Name the main animal that is a vector for the Nipah virus.

1.) [hide][Bubonic, Septicemic and Pneumonic][/hide]
2.)[hide][Bats and Pigs? maybe][/hide]
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January 11th, 2016, 3:36 pm

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Eggo · Post by **Eggo** » February 23rd, 2016, 11:14 pm

Time to start this marathon back up!

What does MERS stand for?

sciolyboy123 · Post by **sciolyboy123** » February 24th, 2016, 9:59 am

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Middle East Respiratory Syndrome

kkenmots02 · Post by **kkenmots02** » March 1st, 2016, 5:58 am

Erm, question:

What are three advantages of a case-control study?

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