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HSA 535 Midterm Exam Part 1
 
•	Question 1
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 2
HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, is currently a ____.			

			
•	Question 3
Social epidemiology studies ____.			
	
			
•	Question 4
The normal occurrence of a disease or condition common to persons within a localized area is known as a(n) ____.			
	
			
•	Question 5
Reproductive health studies ____.			
	
			
•	Question 6
Physical, biological, social, cultural, and behaviors that influence health are known as ____.			
	
			
•	Question 7
The biological cause of a problem or disease is known as ____.			

			
•	Question 8
	The modern epidemiologic triangle includes groups of populations, causative factors, and ____.			
	
			
•	Question 9
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 10
For chronic diseases, the time between exposure and symptoms is called the ____ period, which can range from a few months to many years.			
	
•	Question 11
A test given to people who have no symptoms to check for the presence of a particular disease is known as a ____.			
	
			
•	Question 12

	The time between infection and clinical disease is referred to as a(n) ____.			
	
			
•	Question 13

	Determining the cause of a disease is referred to as ____.			
	
•	Question 14

	Risk factors or exposures that we think might affect the outcome are known as ____.			
	
•	Question 15	
	While many people are used to hearing proportions represented as a percentage, many population samples in epidemiology are often presented per ____.			

			
•	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 representation of a numerator as a fraction of a denominator is known as a(n) ____.			

			
•	Question 18
Prevalence equals ____.			
	
			
•	Question 19

	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 20
A table in epidemiology that arranges numbers to allow the comparison of exposure and outcome is called a ____ table.			

			
•	Question 21
The number of existing cases of disease  divided by the population is known as ____.			

			
•	Question 22
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 23
If a bacterium carries several resistance genes, it is called a ____.			
	
			
•	Question 24
A(n) ____ is an infected individual capable of transmitting disease during and after clinical disease.			
	
			
•	Question 25

	How many new cases of HIV infection were reported in the United States for the year 2009?			
	
			
•	Question 26

The probability of death due to infectious disease in sub-Saharan Africa is ____%, but only ____% in developed countries, such as the United States.			

			
•	Question 27

____ is the transmission of a disease from mother to child during pregnancy or delivery.			
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•	Question 28
Infectious diseases are responsible for ____% of worldwide deaths in children under 15 years old and ____% of deaths in people aged 15-59 years old.			
	
			
•	Question 29
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 30
One of the most important emerging problems with the control of infectious diseases has to do with ____.			

			

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