A Nurse Is Preparing a Description of an Epidemiologic Problem

A nurse is preparing a description of an epidemiologic problem. Which factor should the nurse be prepared to point out will occur with a propagated outbreak?

A) Same person or vehicle as the reservoir or means of transmission
B) Infection transmitted from person to person over a short period of time
C) Generation of a secondary infection with the usual incubation period for the infection
D) Generation of a tertiary infection following exposure to a primary case