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Epidemiology is a science about

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Frequency and distribution of disease related events and determinants of disease and health in populations

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In definition of epidemiology the terms “distribution” and “determinants” refer to..

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Frequency, patterns (profiles) and causes of disease related events in populations

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In the definition of epidemiology, “determinants” generally refers to what 3 things

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  1. Disease agents
  2. Causes of disease
  3. Risk factors of disease
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In what way do host determinants define the differences between animals

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In susceptibility to disease agents

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What 3 things do environmental factors influence

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  1. Susceptibility of the host to disease agents
  2. Distribution of cases of the disease in different parts of the population
  3. Exposure of the host to disease agents
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The primary determinants are

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Factors that have major effect in inducing the disease

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The secondary determinants are factors that..

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Predispose the host to the disease or modify the influence of primary factors

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The exogenous disease determinants are

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All factors originating from external environment, that cause- or have influence on a disease

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The endogenous determinants are

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Factors related to the properties of the host that may have influence on disease occurrence

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What theory does epidemiology use in assigning associations and risk

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Probability theory

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‘Rapidly in rapidly out’ strategy is

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Survival strategy of pathogens

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Ability of agent to induce antibody production in the host is

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Antigenicity

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Ability of agent to survive adverse environmental conditions is its

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Stability

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An infection in which the pathogen remains inactive for a long period of time before becoming active is termed..

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Latent infection

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An infectious disease that is transmitted from animals to humans (or from humans to animals)

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Zoonosis

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An organism that transmits the disease-causing organism from the reservoir to the host

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Vector

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Capacity of agent to cause disease in infected host

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Pathogenicity

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Capacity of agent to enter and multiply in host and produce infection

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Infectivity

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If an animal is infected with a virus and a mosquito bites it - gets contaminated with the virus and proceeds to bite and infect a person. In this scenario - what is the vector?

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Mosquito

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Which of these pathogens are microbial agents?
A. Single cell fungi
B. Helminths
C. Protozoa
D. Arthropods
E. Bacteria

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Bacteria

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Severity of disease that the agent causes in infected host reflects the ? of the agent

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Virulence

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The natural habitat of a pathogen is termed the ? of the infection

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Reservoir

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The transmission of a disease via a fomite (non-living object involved in transmission) is known as

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Indirect transmission

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A disease model describing the causality of well-defined infectious diseases is

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Infection chain

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What does the P value express in statistical analysis
The probability that a relationship between variables has been found by chance
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TRUE OR FALSE Evan's postulates have a difficulty dealing with multiple etiological errors, multiple effects of single causes, carrier states, non-agent factors and quantitative causal factors
False
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A disease model allowing to describe associations between different disease determinants together with their association with the disease is
Web of causation
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The assumptions of Koch's postulates are not fulfilled in case of A. Quantitative causal factors B. Well-defined infectious agents C. Multi-causal etiology D. Carrier state of host E. Multiple effects of one cause
Quantitative causal factors
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The combination of disease determinants that leads to the induction of disease is named
Sufficient cause
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TRUE OR FALSE The existence of a statistical association between the factors and the disease is decisive in determining the causality of a factors (Statistical association = causal relationship)
False
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Describe 3 of the Koch's postulates
1. When inoculated into a susceptible animal the agent has to cause specific disease 2. The agent causing the disease must be present in all cases of the disease 3. The agent has to be isolated and grown in pure culture
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What is meant by 'Cause of a disease'
Any event, condition or characteristic that plays a significant role in the development of the disease
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The disease determinant that has to be present to induce the disease is named
A necessary cause
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What is an important principle of Evan's postulates
That the causation of the factor is based primarily on the study of disease and exposure in groups of animals
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Which of the following are components of the infection chain model A. Mode of transmission B. Agent C. The environment D. Source of infection (reservoir) E. Necessary cause
Mode of transmission (A) and Source of infection (D)
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A causal model utilising the concept of necessary and sufficient cause is
Wheel of causation
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What are the two assumptions of Koch's postulates
1. There must be one specific cause for the disease 2. One specific cause must result in only one specific disease
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The epidemiologic triad of disease causation refers to: A. Agent, host environment B. Source, mode of transmission, susceptible host C. Time, place, person D. John Cena, Marilyn Monroe, Esta Nahkur
Agent host and environment (A)
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The level of independency in measurements and evaluations of the person who records and/or analyses the trait (variable) in question defines
Objectivity of data
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If a diagnostic technique measures the properties of the body that best reflect the true health status of the individual, the technique is considered
Valid
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What are the two types of statistical variables?
Qualitative and quantitative
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Which of these variables is an example of a categorical data A. 75.2kg B. Height C. Colours D. Number of animals
Colours (C)
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A categorical variables is also
Qualitative
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Which of these variables is an example of a continuous data A. Breed B. Infection status (yes/no) C. Height (Cm) D. Body condition index (1-5)
Height (cm)
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Discrete variable is also a
Quantitative variable
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Which of these variables is an example of ordinal data A. Weak, moderate, severe B. Red, green, blue C. Fever (yes/no) D. Bodyweight (kg)
Weak, moderate, severe (A)
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What are summarised, numerical and pictorial (graphical) information about variables are called
Descriptive statistics
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All of these are measures of central location except A. Mode B. Arithmetic mean C. Geometric mean D. Range E. Median
Range (D)
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The measure of a central location that is most affected by one extreme value is the..
Arithmetic mean
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All of the following are measures of dispersion except A. Standard deviation B. One percentile C. Interquartile range D. Variance E. Range
One percentile (B)
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TRUE OR FALSE Standard deviation and variance have the same units
False
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TRUE OR FALSE For a given set of measurements, the deviation and the standard deviation have identical units
True
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What is a histogram?
A graphical expression of a frequency distribution
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TRUE OR FALSE Values of one variable may have more than one modes
True
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What is the purpose of descriptive epidemiology (3)
1. To understand variations in disease frequency geographically and over time 2. To understand how disease varies among animal groups 3. To provide clues about source, and modes of transmission of disease agents
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Epidemic curve expresses
Dynamics of disease in time
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Epidemic curve, where the first peak is followed by one or more peaks with relatively similar time interval, is characteristic to what
Probagating epidemic
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Large number of animals falling ill in a short period of time is characteristic to
Pointsource epidemic
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A disease is called endemic when
Disease occurs with relatively small fluctuations in frequency through long time period
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Disease is called epidemic when
The disease occurrence overcomes significantly the usual level observed in a population
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The disease is called sporadic when
Disease occurs rarely and without regularity
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What kind of disease is it when there are usually no more than 2-4 cases per week, and last week there were 13 cases
Epidemic
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What kind of disease is it when there are fewer than 10 cases per year and last week was only one case
Sporadic
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What kind of disease is it if there usually are 40-50 cases per week, and last week were 48 cases
Endemic
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What kind of exposure is propagated epidemic usually the result of
Animal to animal
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Increases and decreases in the frequency of a disease over a period of some years or a year are
Cyclic trends
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TRUE OR FALSE To describe the dynamics of the disease in time, we use time-series analysis and presentation of data on frequency polygons or bar charts
True
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The main sources of errors in long time trends of disease frequency (3)
1. Changes in registration and reporting 2. Changes in host population structure 3. Changes (differences) in recognition (diagnostics) of a disease
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To describe the geographical distribution of the disease, we use A. Histograms B. Cartograms C. Nanograms D. Pictograms
Cartograms (B)
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TRUE OR FALSE Demographic characteristics are restricted to host characteristics (age, sex, species etc)
False
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TRUE OR FALSE Socio-economic status of an animal is made up of variables like economic status and/or educational level of the owner, animal keeping practises and traditions
True
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Demographic characteristics influence the hosts A. None of these B. Both - susceptibility to disease and opportunities for exposure C. Susceptibility to disease D. Opportunities for exposure
Both (B)
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Epidemiological data are related to (4)
1. Factors influencing the animal productivity 2. Animal productivity 3. Factors influencing the animal health 4. Animal diseases
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Epidemiological data are related to (4)
1. Factors influencing the animal productivity 2. Animal productivity 3. Factors influencing the animal health 4. Animal diseases
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The parameters describing the data quality are A. Validity B. Refinement C. Reliability D. Precision E. Correctness
A + B + C + D

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