For each of the following outbreak settings, choose the most likely epidemic pattern. Outbreak of salmonellosis traced to turkey cooked and held at an improper temperature and served at a potluck supper. Episodic cases of Legionnaire s disease in hospitalized patients traced to showers and the hospital s water supply. Answer each item true if mainly true, false if mainly false. Socrates popularized the notion that the environment is associated with human disease.
Molecular epidemiology applies the techniques of molecular biology to epidemiologic studies.
The study of brain cancers associated with use of cellular phones would be outside the scope of epidemiology. Koch published Die Aetiologie der Tuberkulose in 1882, a breakthrough that led to improved classification of disease. Short-term cyclic fluctuations in disease rates are less likely to characterize acute infections such as influenza and pneumonia than chronic diseases such as cancer. Syphilis is an example of a residual disorder one for which the contributing factors are known but methods of control have not been implemented effectively. Health education programs about the hazards of starting smoking are examples of secondary prevention.