3. Read Chapter 7, pages 204-211 of the AFMC Primer on Population Health - A Vir

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3. Read Chapter 7, pages 204-211 of the AFMC Primer on Population Health - A Virtual Textbook on Public Health Concepts for Clinicians, in the Association of Faculties of Medicine in Canada, about various types of epidemics and epidemic curves (in the resources), and the Canada Epidemic Curves PPT (in the Resources). Also review: a. Website: Using the Epidemic Curve to Determine the Most Likely Period of Exposure https://www.cdc.gov/training/QuickLearns/exposure/ b. CDC: INFERNO: A System for Early Outbreak Detection and Signature Forecasting https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/su5401a14.htm c. Analytic Methods and Public Health Monitoring Tools for Multiple Data Streams https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/su5401a11.htm d. National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) https://wwwn.cdc.gov/nndss/data-collection.html e. CDC Video: Introduction to Public Health Surveillance? (~ 1 hour; excellent) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kATQimRXcs4 f. Video: Know How to Interpret an Epidemiological Curve? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SM4PN7Yg1s g. WHO File: http://www.emro.who.int/health-topics/measles/disease-and-epidemiology.html 4. Study the measles epidemic curve pictured above which occurred in South Dakota in 1970-71 (MMWR, 1972). Use the information in the AFMC Primer (#2 above) and its examples to help you interpret and answer the questions below Question:2. Of the five types of outbreaks outlined in the AFMC Primer (#2 above), which is this?

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I believe you are referring to the outbreak of measles in South Dakota.

The outbreak type should be Epidemic

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