Epidemiology — Flashcards

The main purpose of Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP) is to detect early warning signals of _____.

Surveillance indicators for AFP:Completeness of reporting- At least _____% of expected routine AFP surveillance reports should be received on time, including zero reports where no AFP cases are seen

Incidence and prevalence rates are included in _____ indicators

Retropharyngeal abscess is seen more commonly in _____ gender

_____ is a method of identifying the missing cases that are not on the notified cases list.

_____ is the average incidence of anopheline bites per day per person

Surveillance indicators for AFP:Completeness of case investigation- All AFP cases should have a full clinical and virological investigation with at least _____% of AFP cases having  adequate  stool specimens collected

_____ phase must be present for disease to be considered for screening for disease control

In _____ transmission, the disease agent undergoes only developmental changes and not multiplication

_____ bias or prevalence-incidence bias is due to the selective survival in prevalent cases usually seen in fatal diseases.