PATHOLOGY MCQ
INFECTION
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Question
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When a new disease is introduced to a population, it is common for an epidemic to occur as the disease spreads quickly from person to person. This is primarily because individuals-
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do not have responsive immune systems
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always have poor personal hygiene habits
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do not understand how germs are spread
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lack immunities to the new disease
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -An outbreak can be declared an epidemic when the disease spreads rapidly to many people. In December of 2019, the news was full of reports of an epidemic in Wuhan, China. Similar to an outbreak, an epidemic is defined by being contained in a small population, but the number of cases is larger than normally expected.
Detailed explanation-2: -An epidemic of an infectious disease can happen if the virus, bacteria, or other cause of the disease has recently grown stronger, is introduced somewhere it has never been before, or finds new ways to enter the bodies of those it is affecting.
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