NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS
MICROBIOLOGY
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Both outbreaks were pandemics.
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Both outbreaks were epidemics.
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The influenza outbreak was a pandemic. The plague outbreak was an epidemic.
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The influenza outbreak was an epidemic. The plague outbreak was a pandemic.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Washing hands properly is one of the most important and effective ways of stopping the spread of infections and illnesses.
Detailed explanation-2: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Black Death was probably the earliest recorded pandemic. It took around four years to make its way along the Silk Road from the Steppes of Central Asia, via Crimea, to the Western most parts of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. In Europe alone it wiped out an estimated one to two thirds of the population.
Detailed explanation-4: -Epidemic typhus should be treated with the antibiotic doxycycline. Antibiotics are most effective when given soon after symptoms begin. More items