Disease Detectives B/C Question Marathon

[AstroRockShock]

I'll do another vocab question:

What does specificity mean?

Looked this one up... (fail me) (Click to Show Hidden Text)

The proportion of persons without disease who are correctly identified by a screening test or case definition as not having disease

[CaRoLyN_s]

We all have our moments.
Correct!! Your turn!

[AstroRockShock]

We all have our moments.
Correct!! Your turn!

What is the definition of a vector?
Also, name 3 possible vectors.

[CaRoLyN_s]

i feel like this is turning into a back and forth but... (Click to Show Hidden Text)

A vector is an organism that transmits disease.   Examples include mosquitoes (transmit malaria) , possibly dogs (transmit rabies) and ticks (transmit lime disease)

[AstroRockShock]

i feel like this is turning into a back and forth but... (Click to Show Hidden Text)

A vector is an organism that transmits disease.   Examples include mosquitoes (transmit malaria) , possibly dogs (transmit rabies) and ticks (transmit lime disease)

Correct!
(Yes, it does seem only the 2 of us are in this marthon...)

[CaRoLyN_s]

I have an idea, I'll wait 3 days before answering a question on here, if somebody doesn't answer it by then, I will.

What are false positives and false negatives and why are they important when investigating an outbreak?

[AstroRockShock]

I have an idea, I'll wait 3 days before answering a question on here, if somebody doesn't answer it by then, I will.

What are false positives and false negatives and why are they important when investigating an outbreak?

Okay, not a bad idea...

Did I Mix the 2 Up? (Click to Show Hidden Text)

False Positives are where you say something is false even though it is true.
False Negatives are where you say something is true even though it is false.

False Positives occur when there is enough random variation in the population to assume that something has changed, on the other hand False Negatives occur when the change is too small to think much has changed.

[CaRoLyN_s]

I have an idea, I'll wait 3 days before answering a question on here, if somebody doesn't answer it by then, I will.

What are false positives and false negatives and why are they important when investigating an outbreak?

Okay, not a bad idea...

Did I Mix the 2 Up? (Click to Show Hidden Text)

False Positives are where you say something is false even though it is true.
False Negatives are where you say something is true even though it is false.

False Positives occur when there is enough random variation in the population to assume that something has changed, on the other hand False Negatives occur when the change is too small to think much has changed.

I think you mixed 'em up.

[Jajamola88]

Umm...here's a question!

What's the difference between an outbreak, an epidemic, and a pandemic?

[CulturallyScientific]

Here are my tries:

Outbreak vs. Epidemic vs. Pandemic: (Click to Show Hidden Text)

Outbreak: occurrence of more cases of a health condition than usual in a given area. Epidemic: a widely dispersed, rapidly spreading occurrence of disease in an area. Pandemic: an epidemic on a global scale.