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HSA 535 MIDTERM PART 1
•Question 1
The normal occurrence of a disease or condition common to persons within a localized area is known as a(n) ____.

			
•  Question 2 
The course of a disease, if left untreated, is referred to as ____.

			
•  Question 3 

 	Social epidemiology studies ____.

			
•  Question 4 
The first step in any epidemiological investigation is to ____.

			
•  Question 5 
Reproductive health studies ____.
			
•  Question 6 
A disease or condition that affects a greater than expected (normal) number of individuals within a population, community, or region at the same time is referred to as an ____.

			
•  Question 7 
HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, is currently a ____.

			
•  Question 8 
James Lind (1716-1794) observed the effect of time, place, weather, and diet on the spread of disease by ____.

			
•  Question 9 
The aspect of consistency means that ____.

			
•  Question 10 
The time between infection and clinical disease is referred to as a(n) ____.

•  Question 11 
Identifying diseases prior to the clinical stage means that prevention efforts can begin immediately. Because the disease is already present, this is an example of ____ prevention.

			
•  Question 12 
While Austin Bradford Hill is well-known for his work in developing guidelines for establishing causality for studies of non-infectious diseases, his other contributions to the field of epidemiology and ____ are remarkable.
	
•  Question 13 
The modern epidemiologic triangle includes groups of populations, causative factors, and ____.

			
•  Question 14 
For chronic diseases, the time between exposure and symptoms is called the ____ period, which can range from a few months to many years.

			
•  Question 15 
A proportion measured over a period of time is known as a ____.

			
•  Question 16 
Consider a food borne illness that is being investigated from a restaurant during a one week period.  Anyone who ate at that restaurant, and had vomiting and diarrhea during that week, could be considered a(n) ____ even if they had not gone to see their doctor.

			
•  Question 17 
The number of existing cases of disease  divided by the population is known as ____.

			
•  Question 18 
By definition, the disease or condition used to identify a case is determined by the ____.

			
•  Question 19 
A person in the population or study group identified as having the particular disease, health disorder, or condition under investigation is known as a ____.

			
•  Question 20 
	The number of new cases of disease in a specified time (usually one year) divided by the population “at-risk” to develop the disease is known as ____.

			
•  Question 21 
Prevalence equals ____.

			
•  Question 22 
A table in epidemiology that arranges numbers to allow the comparison of exposure and outcome is called a ____ table.

			
•  Question 23 
There is ____ in the overall crude death rate in the United States from the year 1900 until 1996.

			
•  Question 24 
The disease carrier of most concern is known as a(n) ____, which is an infected person who never gets clinically ill, but can transmit the etiologic agent to others.
		
•  Question 25 
The probability of death due to infectious disease in sub-Saharan Africa is ____%, but only ____% in developed countries, such as the United States.

			
•  Question 26 
A(n) ____ is an infected individual capable of transmitting disease during and after clinical disease.

			
•  Question 27 
One of the most important emerging problems with the control of infectious diseases has to do with ____.

			
•  Question 28 
How many new cases of HIV infection were reported in the United States for the year 2009?

			
•  Question 29 
	____ is the transmission of a disease from mother to child during pregnancy or delivery.

			
•  Question 30 
	If a bacterium carries several resistance genes, it is called a ____.


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