MCQ IN MEDICINE

Detailed explanation-1: -A mixed epidemic includes both common-source and propagated outbreak characteristics. For example, people infected through a common-source outbreak might later transmit the disease through direct contact with others.

Detailed explanation-2: -Outbreaks are urgent emergencies accompanied by rapid efforts to save lives and prevent further cases. Photo credit: WHOA disease outbreak is the occurrence of cases of disease in excess of what would normally be expected in a defined community, geographical area or season.

Detailed explanation-3: -An outbreak can be declared an epidemic when the disease spreads rapidly to many people.

Detailed explanation-4: -Epidemic refers to an increase, often sudden, in the number of cases of a disease above what is normally expected in that population in that area. Outbreak carries the same definition of epidemic, but is often used for a more limited geographic area.