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The rule of thumb for meningococcal disease, for example, is that an attack rate in excess of 15 cases per 100,000 people for two consecutive weeks constitutes a sizable epidemic.
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What Constitutes an Epidemic? Benjamin Lee. Full text. Full text is available as a scanned copy of the original print version. Get a printable copy (PDF ...
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An epidemic is a widespread increase in the number of an infectious disease cases, above normal expectation; often, many people are infected at the same time.
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Epidemic detection algorithms are being increasingly recommended for malaria surveillance in sub-Saharan Africa. ... A further important problem that needs to be addressed is what constitutes an epidemic.
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The first epidemic of a waterborne disease probably was caused by an infected caveman relieving himself in waters upstream of his neighbors.
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You tell me if this constitutes an epidemic. I have a button and a shirt, that I bought five years ago when my son was diagnosed with autism, with ..., Barrie Silberberg ... You tell me if this constitutes an epidemic. I have a button and a shirt, that I bought five years ago when my son was diagnosed with autism,
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a rapid spread or increase in the occurrence of something: an epidemic of riots. ... An epidemic occurring over a wide geographical area (e.g., worldwide) is called a pandemic. The rise and decline in epidemic prevalence of an infectious disease is a probability phenomenon dependent upon transfer of an effective dose of...
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Research on meth lacking; Methamphetamine is the most widely used synthetic drug in Washington state and in the United States today; by almost any measure it constitutes an epidemic.
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www.seattlepi.com/methamphetamines/
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Three million abused children each year constitutes an epidemic, in my book. It is time to address the issue in cold, hard facts. Protecting children and punishing the abuser should be our No. 1 focus. It is naïve to believe that all abusers will change after a few sessions of counseling and anger management.
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