Epi and Biostats
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What is active surveillance?
Designed and implemented by the users of the data - example is serological survey or farmer questionnaire
What is passive surveillance?
Uses data that has already been collected for some other purpose - example is farmer disease reporting system or an abattoir meat inspection
What is targeted surveillance?
Surveillance focused on a specific disease or pathogen - example is serological survey for brucellosis
What is general surveillance?
Surveillance not focused on a particular disease but can be used to detect any disease or pathogen - example is farmer disease reporting.
What is the WOAH international surveillance system?
WAHIS - World Animal Health Information System. Has early warning systems and monitoring systems.
What is WOAH?
World Organisation for Animal Health, founded in 1924 in response to Rinderpest. Made up of 182 countries.
What is the definition of CASE FATALITY RATE?
the proportion of animals that die from a specified disease among all individuals diagnosed with the disease over a certain period of time
What is the best type of study for rare diseases?
Case control study
What stats test is more susceptible to outliers?
Mean
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