On the morning of March 11, the Texas Department of Health (TDH) in Austin recei

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On the morning of March 11, the Texas Department of Health (TDH) in Austin received a telephone call from a student at a university in south-central Texas. The student reported that he and his roommate, a fraternity brother, were suffering from nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. Both had become ill during the night. The roommate had taken an over-the-counter medication with some relief of his symptoms. Neither the student nor his roommate had seen a physician or gone to the emergency room. The students believed their illness was due to food they had eaten at a local pizzeria the previous night. They asked if they should attend classes and take a biology mid-term exam that was scheduled that afternoon. Question 1: What questions (or types of questions) would you ask the student?

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Questions would ask the student:

Ask what type of other foods he ate?

Ask maximum number of stools in a 24-hour period because the student have nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea?

Ask about the other symptoms like headache, chills, fever and abdominal cramps?

Ask did the student take any prescription medications for this illness, if yes ask which type of medication?

Ask the place of local pizzeria consumption?

Ask the time of onset of symptoms?

Ask the order of onset of symptoms?

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