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1Which of the following choices is not something an epidemiologist would focus on?
A)The acquisition of infectious diseases.
B)The frequency of infectious diseases
C)The distribution of infectious diseases
D)The treatment of a single case of an infectious disease
E)The prevention of infectious diseases



2A disease causing organism may be acquired through interaction with healthy people harboring an infectious organism
A)True
B)False



3An epidemic in which the disease is passed from person-to-person is referred to as __________.
A)a common source epidemic
B)a propagated transmission epidemic



4Identification of the index case of an outbreak, allows steps to be taken to break the chain of infection, such as administering antibiotics to potentially infected persons.
A)True
B)False



5The total number of existing cases of disease within a defined population is the _________.
A)incidence
B)prevalence







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