One Health Jeporady

What criteria of causality is defined by dose-dependency?

 Define a zoonotic disease.

In a chronic, infectious disease, what is the relationship between the disease’s incidence and prevalence?

What is the name of the English veterinarian who wrote popular books called " All Creatures Great + Small"

When designing and conducting an analytic study, what action is the primary method of minimizing bias?

If an analytic study determines that the null hypothesis is rejected, what conclusion can be drawn?

 What type of study looks at potential associations between exposure & outcome, takes place at a single point in time

 In what part of the State government is the State Veterinarian located?

What disease, caused by certain foodborne strains of E. coli, can result in a deadly kidney disease in children?

"The scientific discipline describing handling, preparation and storage of food in ways that prevent foodorne illness"

Who is considered the “father of epidemiology”?

Why do B. cereus, S. aureus, C. perfringens, and C. botulinum produce foodborne illness with short period of incubation?

 What is the first step in a CDC Outbreak Investigation?

What type of transmission is represented by a mare transmitting a disease in utero to the developing foal?

What is the term defined as the effort to protect food from acts of intentional adulteration?

 According to the KY State PH Veterinarian, what is the primary purpose of conducting disease surveillance programs?

What is the predominant rabies virus variant along the entire eastern region of the US?

Q: What level of statistical significance (p-value) gives the highest confidence in the result?

 “A measure of the ability of a disease agent to establish itself in the host” is the definition of what epi concept?

After conducting a RCT, you conclude the exposure was neg. associated w the outcome. What is the measure of association?

 In the CDC’s PulseNet system, what type of information is used to link food borne illness cases?

In a descriptive study, what was identified as the largest determinant of “chance”  in the overall degree of error?

The significant intro of bias in the determination of an association between cause + effect is called what?

A foodborne illness with longer incubation time + symptoms that span the GI tract: infection or intoxication?

When addressing disease associations and causality, how do we completely rule out chance?

What notable figure founded LMU and what other famous university did he also found?

What type of transmission is represented by a mare transmitting a disease in utero to the developing foal?

A disease surveillance system that is very expensive +detects nearly all cases is likely to be what surveillance system?

What field of epidemiology classifies the occurrence of disease according to the variable of time, place, and person?

What is the percentage represented by the red area of this bell curve (1 SD on either side of the mean)

You administer a rapid test for a disease with a prevalence low (~2.1%) The test is approximately 95% sensitive and 95%

What variable was identified as the most important factor when describing occurrence of disease or illness?

What animal species is most responsible for transmitting rabies to humans in the US?

If the prevalence of a disease decreases, what is the effect on positive predictive value of the test for this disease?

What does it mean if an analytic study determines that the null hypothesis is acceptable?

What does an odds ratio of ＞5 indicate in regard to the exposure and disease relationship?

What animal species is (by far) most responsible for transmitting rabies to humans in the world?

What epidemiologic term/phrase refers to gradual changes in the frequency of disease over long periods of time 

“The ability of a particular disease agent to produce disease in another host” defines what epi term?

Briefly describe how cases and controls are selected for case-control studies

The KY State Public Health Veterinarian works within what State department?

___________ is the “numerical expression of the likelihood of occurrence?”

What is the definition of the “population at risk” in epidemiology

“Ongoing observations without taking action based on the outcome” defines what type of surveillance?

What is the number one goal of a disease outbreak investigation?

What does an odds ratio of ＞5 indicate in regard to the exposure and disease relationship?

What type of transmission best describes an outbreak with this epi curve shape?

what disease is the primary regulatory focus of the State Public Health Veterinarian?

250 individuals in a susceptible population of 5000 contract a disease. Of 250, 25 died What is the case fatality rate?

Between foodborne intoxications, toxico-infections and infections, which group tends to exhibit long incubation periods?

What analytic epi. term/phrase refers to the degree to which the study has used methodologically sound procedures?