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You are a lead researcher in the CDC and you have been asked to research a new infection. The first step of business is to determine the incidence, or the amount of new cases that appear each day. You are a lead researcher in the CDC and you have been asked to research influenza. After reviewing the cases in the area, you notice that the number of cases in half of the United States is higher than normal. You review the data and notice that no other countries are showing this trend. This disease would be considered an outbreak. You are a lead researcher in the CDC and one of your jobs is to make a report of all the mortalities of each disease in the area. This type of epidemiology is descriptive. You are a lead researcher in the CDC and you have been asked to research influenza. After reviewing the cases in the area, you notice that the number of cases is within normal parameters for the year. This disease would be considered endemic. You are a lead researcher in the CDC and you have been asked to research a new infection. One of your tasks is to determine the index case or the first incidence of the case in the area. You are a lead researcher in the CDC and you are attempting to determine how to prevent an outbreak of a disease that hasn't been seen in a decade. You pull up the files from the last instance of the disease and compare them with the new outbreak. What type of epidemiology is this? You are a lead researcher in the CDC and you are attempting to determine the cause and prevention of a new disease. You take samples from individuals who are suspected of the infection and test them in a lab to determine if a discovered microbe is the infectious agent. What type of epidemiology is this? You are a lead researcher in the CDC and you have been asked to research influenza. After reviewing the cases in the area, you notice that the number of cases in half of the United States is higher than normal. You review the data and notice that cases are also higher than normal in China, Brazil, and Europe. This would be considered a pandemic.

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