Use the following steps of an outbreak investigation for Question 5: 1. Analyze data by time, place, and person, 2. Conduct a case-control study, 3. Generate hypotheses, 4. Conduct active surveillance for additional cases, 5. Verify the diagnosis, 6. Confirm that the number of cases exceeds the expected number, 7. Talk with laboratorians about specimen collection. For an investigation of an outbreak, what is the logical conceptual order of the steps listed above?

Use the following steps of an outbreak investigation for Question 5: 1. Analyze data by time, place, and person, 2. Conduct a case-control study, 3. Generate hypotheses, 4. Conduct active surveillance for additional cases, 5. Verify the diagnosis, 6. Confirm that the number of cases exceeds the expected number, 7. Talk with laboratorians about specimen collection. For an investigation of an outbreak, what is the logical conceptual order of the steps listed above?

British investigators conducted a study to compare measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine history among 1,294 children with pervasive development disorder (e.g., autism and Asperger’s syndrome) and 4,469 children without such disorders. (They found no association.) This is an example of which type(s) of study? (Choose one wrong answer)

Health-care providers might be important sources of surveillance data used by public health officials, and they should receive feedback to close the surveillance loop as a courtesy; however, the results almost never have any relevance to patient care provided by those health-care providers.

The case definition used for surveillance of a health problem should be the same as the case definition used for clinical (treatment) purposes.