Question

Please match the term with the appropriate definition (A, B, C, D, or E).

	Increases and decreases in the frequency of diseases over a period of years or within each year.
	An unusual aggregation of health events grouped together in space or time.
	An outbreak due to exposure of a group of persons to the same noxious influence.
	An outbreak that lasts longer than the time span of a single incubation period and is caused by a common source of exposure.
	The response of a group of people circumscribed in a place to a common etiologic factor to which they were exposed almost simultaneously.

A.	Common source epidemic
B.	Point epidemic
C.	Cyclical fluctuations
D.	Case Clustering
E.	Continuous common source epidemic

Answer 1

A) Common source epidemic

Definition- An outbreak due to exposure of a group of persons to the same noxious influence.

B) Point epidemic

Definition- The response of a group of people circumscribed in a place to a common etiologic factor to which they were exposed almost simultaneously.

C)Cyclic fluctuations

Definition- Increases and decreases in the frequency of diseases over a period of years or within each year.

D)Case clustering

Definition- An unusual aggregation of health events group together in space or time.

E)Continuous common source epidemic

Definition- An outbreak that last longer than time span of a single incubation period and is caused by a common source of exposure.

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