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MBI 361 Exam 1Epidemiology is the study of how _____________ is distributed in
______________ and the factors that influence this distribution.
disease, population
Which of the following is not something an epidemiologist would do:
Prescribe antibiotics for the treatment of tuberculosis
Epidemiologists consider the health of _________ while medical practitioners
focus on the health of _______________.
Populations, individuals
Dr. John Snow's work is most associated with:
Cholera
Public health and population health are synonymous and the focus of the
study for epidemiologists.
true
Epidemiologists are responsible for:
developing vaccines, monitoring diseases, identifying disease risk factors and
populations at risk, evaluating public health policies and programs
Association and causation are the same thing.
false
The more alcohol a mother drinks while she is pregnant, the higher the risk of
her baby developing fetal alcohol syndrome. This is an example of:
Dose-Response Relationship
, If a factor is a cause of a disease, the exposure must have occurred before
the disease developed. This defines:
Temporal relationship
Causality cannot be established by which of the following epidemiological
study designs?
Cross-sectional study
You also conducted a review of the research literature and found that similar
studies examining the relationship between alcohol consumption and liver
cancer found the following:
Smithson et al. RR 3.3 (95% CI:1.95-5.20)
Ribera et al. RR 2.1 (95% CI:1.17-3.33)
Gonzalez et al. RR 2.75 (95% CI 2.26-3.45)
Consistency
E. coli, a bacterium, is an example of which part of the epidemiological
triangle?
Agent
Every year, influenza routinely occurs in the United States; thus, we say it is
Endemic
In the spring of 2009, the United States saw a drastic increase in the number
of cases of influenza caused by the H1N1 virus. This is called a/an
___________. The virus quickly spread to Mexico, and by May of 2010, more
than 200 countries reported confirmed cases of H1N1 influenza. This is called
a/an ____________.
Epidemic, pandemic
In the Chain of Infection, the portal of entry is the point at which the infectious
agent leaves the host.
false
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