During the beginning of an outbreak investigation, should you use a specific or sensitive case definition, and why?
Re: Disease Detectives B/C
Posted: May 8th, 2017, 9:25 am
by Tailsfan101
The48thYoshi wrote:During the beginning of an outbreak investigation, should you use a specific or sensitive case definition, and why?
[spoiler]Depending on the deadliness of the disease, how fast it is traveling, and how many people are potential reservoirs, you should use different types of case definitions to possibly stop the disease faster.[/spoiler]
Re: Disease Detectives B/C
Posted: May 8th, 2017, 9:30 am
by The48thYoshi
Tailsfan101 wrote:
The48thYoshi wrote:During the beginning of an outbreak investigation, should you use a specific or sensitive case definition, and why?
Depending on the deadliness of the disease, how fast it is traveling, and how many people are potential reservoirs, you should use different types of case definitions to possibly stop the disease faster.
You should use a sensitive case definition, especially in the beginning of an out break investigation, in order identify as many possible cases as you can and implement treatments for the disease
Re: Disease Detectives B/C
Posted: May 8th, 2017, 9:33 am
by Tailsfan101
The48thYoshi wrote:
Tailsfan101 wrote:
The48thYoshi wrote:During the beginning of an outbreak investigation, should you use a specific or sensitive case definition, and why?
[spoiler]Depending on the deadliness of the disease, how fast it is traveling, and how many people are potential reservoirs, you should use different types of case definitions to possibly stop the disease faster.[/spoiler]
You should use a specific case definition, especially in the beginning of an out break investigation, in order identify as many possible cases as you can and implement treatments for the disease
Both seem like good answers...
Re: Disease Detectives B/C
Posted: May 8th, 2017, 1:51 pm
by yang573
Tailsfan101 wrote:
The48thYoshi wrote:
Tailsfan101 wrote:
Depending on the deadliness of the disease, how fast it is traveling, and how many people are potential reservoirs, you should use different types of case definitions to possibly stop the disease faster.
You should use a specific case definition, especially in the beginning of an out break investigation, in order identify as many possible cases as you can and implement treatments for the disease
Both seem like good answers...
In general, your case definition should be relatively sensitive. As the investigation continues, you can refine the case definition and drop suspected cases from the case definition.
What are the two types of misclassification bias? In what types of studies are they usually found?
Re: Disease Detectives B/C
Posted: May 9th, 2017, 8:55 am
by The48thYoshi
yang573 wrote:
What are the two types of misclassification bias? In what types of studies are they usually found?
Nondiffrential and differential. They are typically found in observation studies
What is the most accurate measure of risk?
Re: Disease Detectives B/C
Posted: May 9th, 2017, 11:19 am
by Unome
Relative risk; however, it requires a complete control group so it sometimes cannot be used.
Re: Disease Detectives B/C
Posted: May 9th, 2017, 12:26 pm
by The48thYoshi
Unome wrote:
Relative risk; however, it requires a complete control group so it sometimes cannot be used.
Attack Rate
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Re: Disease Detectives B/C
Posted: May 11th, 2017, 8:07 pm
by Tailsfan101
What type of pathogen is Cyclosporiasis?
Re: Disease Detectives B/C
Posted: May 15th, 2017, 8:04 pm
by efeng
Parasite. Sorry, how do you hide the answer? I'm new.