Disease Detectives B/C

JoJoKeKe · Post by **JoJoKeKe** » March 25th, 2016, 10:48 am

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What is the difference between descriptive and analytic studies? Give an example of each type of study.

LIPX3 · Post by **LIPX3** » March 25th, 2016, 12:50 pm

JoJoKeKe wrote:
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What is the difference between descriptive and analytic studies? Give an example of each type of study.

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Analytical studies have a comparison group, descriptive studies do not have a comparison group. A cohort study is a type of analytical study, and a correlative study is a type of descriptive study.

JoJoKeKe · Post by **JoJoKeKe** » March 25th, 2016, 7:05 pm

Correct. Your turn!

LIPX3 · Post by **LIPX3** » March 26th, 2016, 7:19 am

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What type of pathogen relies on water-bourne transmission?

Post by **dcrxcode** » March 26th, 2016, 4:34 pm

LIPX3 wrote:
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What type of pathogen relies on water-bourne transmission?

I'm not sure if this is what you were looking for because it might be too intuitive.

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Water borne diseases. A specific example would be giardiasis.

LIPX3 · Post by **LIPX3** » March 26th, 2016, 5:25 pm

dcrxcode wrote:
LIPX3 wrote:
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What type of pathogen relies on water-bourne transmission?
I'm not sure if this is what you were looking for because it might be too intuitive.
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Water borne diseases. A specific example would be giardiasis.

I was looking for gastrointestinal pathogens.

yang573 · Post by **yang573** » March 29th, 2016, 11:20 am

Because no one has posted in a couple of days.

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Name two diseases that are approaching global eradication.

ampy1234567 · Post by **ampy1234567** » March 29th, 2016, 2:29 pm

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Dracunculiasis and polio

yang573 · Post by **yang573** » March 29th, 2016, 4:52 pm

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Dracunculiasis and polio

Those are the two that I was thinking about. Your turn to ask a question.

ampy1234567 · Post by **ampy1234567** » March 29th, 2016, 8:22 pm

During an outbreak investigation, an epidemiologist does door to door, asking everyone what they ate recently as well as if they had a disease or not. What type of study is this?

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