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TEST ON EPIDEMIOLOGY
Epidemiology Basics
 What is epidemiology?
 What do the following terms mean:
o Determinants (recognize examples)
o Distribution
 What is the difference between morbidity and mortality?
 What are the four aims and levels in epidemiology? Be able to explain each.
 What are the two main goals of epidemiology?
 Epidemiology is interdisciplinary. What does this mean?
 A main method in epidemiology is quantification. What does this mean?
 What were Snow’s major contributions to epidemiology?
 What are some topical concerns of epidemiology?
 What is the difference between infectious and chronic diseases?
Infectious Disease
 Are infectious diseases still a problem today?
 What is the difference between a developed and a developing country?
 What is the epidemiological triangle? Be able to define and explain all aspects.
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 Be able to name, describe and give examples of biologically significant
infectious diseases:
o Foodborne
o Waterborne
o Vaccine Preventable
o Sexually Transmitted
o Person to Person
o Arthropod Borne
o Zoonotic
o Fungal
 Be able to name, describe and give examples of different microbial agents of
infectious disease:
o Bacteria
o Viruses
o Mycoses
o Protozoa
o Helminths
o Arthropods
 Be able to name and define characteristics of infectious disease agents:
o Infectivity
o Pathogenicity
o Virulence
o Toxigenicity
o Resistance
o Antigenicity
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 What is a host and what mechanisms are determinants in the host’s ability to
fight an infectious agent?
 What are some nonspecific defense mechanisms of the host?
 What are some specific defense mechanisms?
 What are reservoirs and what is the difference between the following
reservoirs: vectors, humans, zoonoses, environmental?
 Be able to explain and give examples of direct transmission.
 Know the following as related to direct transmission:
o Incubation period
o Herd immunity
o Generation time
o Colonization and Infestation
o Iceberg Concept of Infection
o Inapparent/Apparent Case Ration
 Be able to explain and give examples of indirect transmission
 Know the following as related to indirect transmission:
o Vehicles
o Fomite
o Vector
 Know the following as related to measuring disease outbreak
o Attack rate
o Secondary attack rate
o Case fatality rate
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 Know the procedures used to investigate an infectious disease outbreak
o Define problem
o Appraise existing data
o Formulate hypothesis
o Test hypothesis
o Draw conclusions and formulate practical application
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