Which of the following disease outbreaks occurred between 1346 and 1352 and claimed up to one- third of the population of Europe?
Black Plague
T/F:is it possible for a single case of a disease to represent an epidemic
true
Epidemiology searches for associations between exposures and ....?
health outcomes
T/F:in developed countries, infectious disease have replaced chronic health problems as the leading killers during the past century.
false
an animate, living insect or animal that is involved with the transmission of disease agents is a :
Vector
T/F: the history of epidemiology originated as early as classical antiquity.
true
Determination of the incubation period for a disease outbreak helps to:
Identify possible infectious agents
the entry and development or multiplication of an infectious agent in the body of persons or animals is known as
an infection
T/F: a reservoir can be human beings, animals, insects, soils, and/or plants
true
the occurrence in a community or region of cases of an illness, specific health behavior or other health related events clearly in excess of normal expectancy is known as
Epidemic
