Unit 9 Assignment 2

Unit 9 Assignment: Outbreak Investigation! Unit outcomes addressed in this Assignment:

 Evaluate an epidemiological outbreak.

Course outcome assessed/addressed in this Assignment:

PU520-1: Evaluate an epidemiological outbreak. Instructions

 In this scenario you are working as an epidemiologist for the local health department. You received a call of a possible TB outbreak. You have been assigned the case. Use the TB case (in Doc Sharing) to complete this possible outbreak investigation.

Requirements

 Submit the case along with your answers to the Dropbox.

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Submitting Your Work

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Unit 9 Assignment Grading Rubric = 250 points

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Question 1: What questions should you ask and what information should you collect from the ICP while he/she is on the telephone with you? At this early juncture, should you consider initiating an investigation about these 2 cases?

0-10

Question 2: At this point, would you consider this an outbreak?

0-16

Question 3: What should you have as goals in your interviews with these suspected TB cases?

0-16

Question 4: What types of questions should you ask the suspected cases?

0-16

Question 5: Complete the line list below for the confirmed cases.

0-20

Question 6: Is this an outbreak? Provide your reasons

0-16

Question 7: What are the steps you should take in investigating this outbreak?

0-16

Question 8: What is your “case definition” for transmission in this investigation? Remember a complete case definition should include information on person, place, time, and clinical characteristics.

0-10

Question 9: At this point, who needs to be tested for transmission of TB through a TST?

0-16

Question 10: Are Cases 4 and 5 epidemiologically linked to the other cases?

0-16

Question 11: Can you develop a hypothesis regarding this outbreak?

0-16

Question 12: What was the response/cooperation rate of the choir members, assuming there were 500 choir members? Why is this important?

0-16

Question 13: Create a contingency table. 0-20

Question 14: What preventive measures would you recommend for those who had a positive TST, but did not have any other sign of disease?

0-16

Question 15: Based on the pathogenicity– the ability of an agent to cause disease after infection, measured as the proportion of persons infected by an agent who then experience clinical disease–8 of TB, do you recommend future TSTs and studies?

0-16

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