UTF-8 U+6211 U+662F wrote:What was the real name of "Typhoid Mary," and what made her famous?
Mary Mallon
...the first person in the United States identified as an asymptomatic carrier of the pathogen associated with typhoid fever
Re: Disease Detectives B/C
Posted: February 8th, 2015, 2:25 pm
by UTF-8 U+6211 U+662F
Correct! Your turn!
Re: Disease Detectives B/C
Posted: February 8th, 2015, 2:37 pm
by SOnerd
SOnerd wrote:
UTF-8 U+6211 U+662F wrote:What was the real name of "Typhoid Mary," and what made her famous?
Mary Mallon
...the first person in the United States identified as an asymptomatic carrier of the pathogen associated with typhoid fever
UTF-8 U+6211 U+662F wrote:Correct! Your turn!
Describe the chain of infection.
Re: Disease Detectives B/C
Posted: February 8th, 2015, 2:39 pm
by dragons790
pathogen → reservoir (can be nonhuman or human) → portal of exit → mode of transmission (indirect or direct) → portal of entry → susceptible host (always human)
Re: Disease Detectives B/C
Posted: February 8th, 2015, 2:47 pm
by SOnerd
dragons790 wrote:
pathogen → reservoir (can be nonhuman or human) → portal of exit → mode of transmission (indirect or direct) → portal of entry → susceptible host (always human)
Yep, your turn
Re: Disease Detectives B/C
Posted: February 8th, 2015, 5:40 pm
by dragons790
For what study types would you use relative risk, odds ratio, and prevalence odds ratio/prevalence ratio?
Re: Disease Detectives B/C
Posted: February 9th, 2015, 8:03 am
by bernard
dragons790 wrote:For what study types would you use relative risk, odds ratio, and prevalence odds ratio/prevalence ratio?
Odds ratios are most commonly used in case-control studies, however they can also be used in cross-sectional and cohort study designs as well.
Re: Disease Detectives B/C
Posted: February 9th, 2015, 3:45 pm
by dragons790
Yep! Do you know about relative risk and prevalence odds ratio/prevalence ratio too?
Re: Disease Detectives B/C
Posted: February 9th, 2015, 3:56 pm
by UTF-8 U+6211 U+662F
RR is used for Cohort Studies, Prevalence is used for Cross-sectional studies