An outbreak of a gastrointestinal illness from a food-borne pathogen is an example of a(n):
A) Attack rate
B) Point epidemic
C) Secular trend
D) Event-related cluster

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One temporal and spatial pattern of disease distribution is the point epidemic.A point epidemic is most clearly seen when the frequency of cases is plotted against time.The sharp peak characteristic of such graphs indicates a concentration of cases in some short interval of time.

An Outbreak of a Gastrointestinal Illness from a Food-Borne Pathogen