Epidemiology — Flashcards

Using a placebo allows you to _____ the interventions, helping reduce measurement bias

An incidence rate is a special type of proportion that includes a given _____ and a population at risk

An Attack Rate is a special type of _____ that is the (# of people affected)/(# of people at risk at beginning of time period)

Where Probability = A/B, A= _____ and B = total # at risk

The sum total of _____ and curable blindness is often referred to as avoidable blindness.

If a treatment for a particular disease is developed that prolongs life but doesn't result in a cure... (options = incidence, prevalence, CFR, Mortality rate)- _____ is not affected- Prevalence increases, because affected live longer- CFR would depend on the stage of disease, but in general would decrease since less are likely to die during given time period- Mortality Rate in general would decrease since you would likely have less deaths in a given time period

The risk of genetic diseases in consanguineous marriage between first cousins is _____%.

Based on their life cycle, _____ zoonoses are diseases that is transmitted by invertebrate hosts (after development inside) to vertebrate hosts following a period of extrinsic incubation

Proportion of population showing either microfilaria in blood or symptoms of filariasis or both is called as the _____ rate

The main purpose of Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP) is to detect early warning signals of _____.