Epidemiology — Flashcards

Survival Cohort Bias is a special case of _____ where a survival cohort (available patients) is used instead of a true inception cohort

The _____ rate is one way of measuring the virulence of the disease or infection

Using a placebo allows you to _____ the interventions, helping reduce measurement bias

Where Probability = A/B, A= _____ and B = total # at risk

The sum total of _____ and curable blindness is often referred to as avoidable blindness.

If a treatment for a particular disease is developed that prolongs life but doesn't result in a cure... (options = incidence, prevalence, CFR, Mortality rate)- _____ is not affected- Prevalence increases, because affected live longer- CFR would depend on the stage of disease, but in general would decrease since less are likely to die during given time period- Mortality Rate in general would decrease since you would likely have less deaths in a given time period

The risk of genetic diseases in consanguineous marriage between first cousins is _____%.

Based on their life cycle, _____ zoonoses are diseases that is transmitted by invertebrate hosts (after development inside) to vertebrate hosts following a period of extrinsic incubation

Proportion of population showing either microfilaria in blood or symptoms of filariasis or both is called as the _____ rate

Intranasal cocaine is a risk factor for hepatitis _____