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Microbiology

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Set 13 Epidemiology Who What When Where And Why

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Question 1

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Describe the design of a case-control study and how it is used to identify the cause of an epidemic.

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In a case-control study, each individual...

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Question 2

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What is antigenic drift? Why are RNA viruses more prone to this phenomenon than DNA viruses are?

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Antigenic drift refers to the gradual ch...

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Question 3

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Epidemic paralytic polio:

A) was more likely when newborns were exposed to the virus.
B) was more likely when exposure was delayed beyond infancy.
C) was most commonly seen in situations where sanitation was poor.
D) was eradicated in the United States as routine sanitation became commonplace.
E) has not been observed since the 19th century in developed countries.

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