Deck 13: Epidemiology: What Can Be Learned From the Sars Outbreak in Canada

Question 1

The tracing of sexual partners for those individuals first showing symptoms of AIDS suggested that people were,in fact,___________ .

A)hosts
B)vehicles
C)vectors
D)victims
E)agents

Answer 1

hosts

Question 2

The problem with reporting suspect cases is that

A)they almost always become probable cases
B)they do not differ from probable cases
C)the public is misled into believing the problem is minimal
D)the agent has not yet been identified
E)the public is presented with numbers that inaccurately reflect the risk of the disease

Answer 2

the public is presented with numbers that inaccurately reflect the risk of the disease

Question 3

In epidemiology,the total number of cases at any given time is the

A)incidence rate
B)prevalence
C)index rate
D)morbidity rate
E)mortality rate

Answer 3

prevalence

Question 4

Describe the steps involved in epidemiological research.

Question 5

Of the types of agents possible,the agent for SARS was

A)chemical
B)physical
C)biological
D)social/behavioural
E)nutritional

Question 6

The first identified instance of a medical problem is called the

A)host
B)agent
C)index case
D)patient number one
E)point patient

Question 7

In the early 1980s,the number of AIDS cases was about 50,increasing to 4900 in three years and reaching 500,000 by 1995.Determining the number of cases today would provide the

A)point prevalence
B)incidence rate
C)vectors
D)lifetime prevalence
E)index rate

Question 8

Describe what an epidemiologist does and using the SARS outbreak describe the illness pattern that was of interest to epidemiologists.