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What is Epidemic Curve

Chapter 1
Epidemiological Research Applications for Public Health Measurement and Intervention
It is a vertical column bar chart showing the number of new cases of a specific disease that arise over a period of time.
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Outbreak Investigation: Epidemiology in Search of Communicable Diseases
Peddarapu Rama Krishna (VNR Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad, India) and Pothuraju Rajarajeswari (Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation, Guntur, India)
Copyright: © 2021 |Pages: 23
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-4414-3.ch001
Abstract
Investigating an outbreak involves naming the cause ofthe disease, the people affected, the facts that surround someone and mode of spread of the disease, and other related factors involved in spreading the disease, and to take effective actions to contain and prevent the spread of the disease. This chapter explores investigating an outbreak.
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