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,GordisiEpidemiologyi6thiEditioniCelentanoiTestiBank
Chapteri01:iIntroduction

Celentano:iGordisiEpidemiology,i6thiEditioni

TestiBank

MULTIPLEiCHOICE

1. Whichiofitheifollowingiisianiexampleiofitertiaryiprevention?

a. Vaccinationiforirotavirusiforichildreni youngerithanitheiageiofi1iyear
b. Surgicaliamputationiofianiextremityiwithiosteosarcomai(boneicancer)
c. Screeningiforigestationalidiabetesiafteri24iweeksiofipregnancy
d. Sexualieducationiprogramiinielementaryischools
e. Increasingitaxesiforibuyingicigarettesi

ANS:iB

Surgicaliamputationiofianiextremityiwithiosteosarcomai(boneicancer)iisianiexampleiiniwhichiw
heniaidiseaseiisipresentitheitreatmenti(amputation)iisidoneitoireduceitheiimpactiofidiseaseibyipre
ventingitheitumorifromidissemination.iVaccinationiforirotavirusiforichildreniyoungerithanitheia
geiofi1iyear,isexualieducationiprogramiinielementaryischools,iandiincreasingitaxesiforibuyingici
garettesirepresentiexamplesiofiprimaryiprevention.iScreeningiforigestationalidiabetesiafteri24iw
eeksiofipregnancyiisianiexampleiofisecondaryiprevention.
2. Thisihistoricicharacteriobservedwasimoreicommoniamongiwomenitreatedibyiphysiciansia
ndimedicalistudentsicomparediwithiwomenitreatedibyimidwives.iBasedionihisiobservations
,iheiimplementediaihandiwashipolicyithatiresultediiniadecreaseiinimortality.
Nameitheicharacterithatiweiareitalkingiabout.

a. JohniSnow
b. EdwardiJenner
c. D.A.iHenderson
d. LeoniGordis
e. IgnaziSemmelweis

iANS:iE


IgnaziSemmelweisiidentifiedithatimedicalistudentsiandiphysiciansitransmitteditheidiseaseibyino
tiwashingitheirihandsiafteriexaminingibodiesiatiautopsiesiandiconductingimultipleiexamination
siinitheiclinic.

3. ThanksitoitheicontributionsiofiEdwardiJenner,itheifollowingidiseaseiwasieradicatedilaterib
yieffortsiorganizedibyiD.A.iHenderson:

a. Cholera
b. Smallpox
c. Chickenpox
d. Polio
e. Zika
f. ANS:iB

,Smallpoxiwasieradicatediini1980.iEdwardiJennerivaccinatediJamesiPhippsiini1796iagainstis
mallpox.iAlmosti200iyearsilater,itheiWorldiHealthiOrganizationi(WHO)icommissioned
D.A.iHendersonitoileaditheieffortsitoieradicateitheidisease.

4. Overitheipasticentury,iaimarkedideclineiinitheimortalityiratesiofimanyiinfectiousidiseasesiha
sibeeniobserved.iWhichiofitheifollowingiisitheimostilikelyireasoniforitheiobservedideclineiinim
ortalityiratesifromicommoniinfectiousidiseases?

a. Developmentiofipenicillin
b. Developmentiofiinsulin
c. Developmentiofivaccines
d. Improvementiinisocialiconditions
e. Worseisanitationiandiunsafeiwateri

ANS:iD

Althoughimedicalitreatmentsipotentiallyihelpediinitheidecreaseiofiinfectiousidiseases,itheiad
vancementiinisocialiconditionsiplayediaimajorirole.iTheseiimprovementsiincludeibetterisanit
ation,isafeidisposaliofiwaste,ibetterinutrition,iandiimprovementiinihousingiconditions.

, Chapteri02:iTheiDynamicsiofiDiseaseiTransmission
Celentano:iGordisiEpidemiology,i6thiEditioniMULTIPL

EiCHOICE

1. Whichitermimostiaccuratelyidescribesitheifollowingidefinition?i“Theioccurrenceiiniaicom
munityioriregionioficasesiofianiillness,ispecificihealth-relatedibehavior,ioriotherihealth-
irelatedieventsiclearlyiiniexcessiofinormaliexpectancy.”i[PortaiM,ied.iAiDictionaryiof
Epidemiology.iNewiYork:iOxfordiUniversityiPress;i2014.]

a. Endemic
b. Epidemic
c. Pandemic
d. Attackirate
e. Incubationiperiod

iANS:iB


Aniepidemiciisitheioccurrenceiofihealth-
relatedieventsiiniaicommunityioriregion,iinicleariexcessiofinormaliexpectation.iEndemiciisinotit
rueibecauseiitiisidefinediasitheiconstantioccurrenceiofiaidisease,idisorder,iorinoxiousiinfectious
iagentiiniaigeographiciareaior
populationigroup.iPandemiciisinotitrueibecauseiitiisidefinediasianiepidemicioccurringioveriaiver
yiwideiarea,icrossingiinternationUalibN
SoiRuiI
nNdiGaiB.C
rTi e s , iandOusuallyiaffectingiailargeinumberiof
people.iAttackirateiisinotitrueibecauseiitiisidefinediasinumberiofipeopleiatiriskiiniwhomiaicertai
niillnessidevelopsioveritotalinumberiofipeopleiatirisk.iIncubationiperiodiisinotitrueibecauseiitiisi
theiintervalifromireceiptiofiinfectionitoitheitimeiofionsetioficlinicaliillnessi(theionsetiofirecogni
zableisymptoms).

2. Whatiisitheimostiaccurateidefinitioniofitheiincubationiperiodi(ofianiinfectiousidisease)?

a. Theitimeiofionsetioficlinicaliillnessioritheionsetiofirecognizableisymptoms
b. Theiintervalifromireceiptiofiinfectionitoitheitimeiofionsetioficlinicaliillnessi(theionsetiofire
cognizableisymptoms)
c. Theitimeiofiinvasionibyianiinfectiousiagent
d. Theitimeibetweeniinitiationiofiinfectioniandifirstisheddingioriexcretioniofitheiagent
e. Theiperiodibetweeniexposureianditheionsetiofiinfectiousnessi

ANS:iB

Theiincubationiperiodiisidefinediasitheiintervalifromireceiptiofiinfectionitoitheitimeiofionsetiofi
clinicaliillnessi(theionsetiofirecognizableisymptoms);iiniotheriwords,itheitimeibetweenitheimo
mentiofidevelopingisymptomsianditheimomentiofiinvasionibyianiinfectiousiagent.i“Theitimeiof
ionsetioficlinicaliillnessioritheionsetiofirecognizableisymptoms”iisinotitrueiasiiticorrespondsitoi
“timeiofionset.”i“Theitimeiofiinvasionibyianiinfectiousiagent”iisinotitrueiasiiticorrespondsitoi“ti
meiofiinfection.”i“Theitimeibetweeniinitiationiofiinfectioniandifirstisheddingioriexcretioniofith
eiagent”iandi“Theiperiodibetweeniexposureianditheionsetiofiinfectiousness”iareinotitrueiasithey
icorresponditoitheilatentiperiod.i(Theilatentiperiodiis

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