MCQ IN MEDICINE

MEDICINE MCQ

INFECTIOUS DISEASES

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]

All the resources necessary to support an activity to end an epidemic or pandemic is called what?

A	Bureaucracy
B	Infrastructure
C	Superstructure
D	None of the above

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -AN EPIDEMIC is a disease that affects a large number of people within a community, population, or region. A PANDEMIC is an epidemic that’s spread over multiple countries or continents. ENDEMIC is something that belongs to a particular people or country.

Detailed explanation-2: -Epidemics are an unexpected increase of a specific illness within a community or region. Pandemics are when an epidemic occurs worldwide, crossing international borders and affecting a large number of people.

Detailed explanation-3: -A pandemic is the worldwide spread of a new disease. Viral respiratory diseases, such as those caused by a new influenza virus or the coronavirus COVID-19, are the most likely to turn into a pandemic. A pandemic is not the same as an epidemic.

Detailed explanation-4: -An epidemic refers to an increase, often sudden, in the number of cases of an infectious disease above what is normally expected in a given population in a specific area. Examples of major epidemics include cholera and diarrhoeal diseases, measles, malaria, and dengue fever.

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