AM2 Epidemiology, Statistics and PBLs Exam Questions And Answers
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AM2 Epidemiology, Statistics and PBLs Exam Questions And Answers
FMD - answersGive an example of a disease where the behaviour of it in a group is more useful for diagnosis than a single clinical presentation
Epidemiology - answersWhat is defined as:
'the study of disease in populations and ...
AM2 Epidemiology, Statistics and PBLs
Exam Questions And Answers
FMD - answers✔✔Give an example of a disease where the behaviour of it in a group is more
useful for diagnosis than a single clinical presentation
Epidemiology - answers✔✔What is defined as:
'the study of disease in populations and of factors determining its occurrence'
Endemic - answers✔✔What is defined as:
'a disease that is always present in a population'
Footrot
(or mastitis, FeLV, FIV) - answers✔✔Give an example of an endemic disease
Epidemic - answers✔✔What is defined as:
'a sharp increase in the incidence and prevalence of a disease above normal levels'
BSE - answers✔✔Give an example of an epidemic over a long period
Outbreak - answers✔✔What is defined as:
'a sudden epidemic of short duration'
Pandemic - answers✔✔What is defined as:
'a worldwide epidemic'
Cause (of a disease) - answers✔✔What is defined as:
'an environmental or individual characteristic which affects the incidence of a disease - if the
factor is removed then the disease incidence will decrease'
Mastitis (or footrot, hypomagnesaemia, fatty liver) - answers✔✔Give an example of a
multifactorial disease
Necessary - answers✔✔What type of cause must be present if the disease is to manifest, but
usually themselves are incapable of causing disease?
Sufficient - answers✔✔What type of cause is a combination of necessary causes that
inevitably cause disease?
Risk factor - answers✔✔What is defined as:
'a variable whose presence influences the incidence of a disease'
Descriptive
Analytical
Experimental - answers✔✔What are the 3 broad groups of epidemiological studies?
Descriptive - answers✔✔What type of study would 'a study of the age and breed specific
prevalence of gastric adenocarcinoma in dogs' be?
Longitudinal - answers✔✔What type of survey records events over a period of time?
Cross sectional - answers✔✔What type of survey records events occurring at a particular
point in time?
Analytical - answers✔✔In what broad group of epidemiological study is the association
between characteristics and the outcome examined?
Cross sectional
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