In 2024, there was an outbreak of Salmonella in the coastal…

In 2024, there was an outbreak of Salmonella in the coastal region of North Carolina. Over a period of a few weeks, 20 cases of salmonella were reported to the County Health Departments, and most of the infected persons were residents of Nags Head, NC. Dare County Health Department requested help identifying the source from the state Bureau of Epidemiology. The investigators quickly performed descriptive epidemiology. The epidemic curve indicated a point source epidemic, and most of the cases lived in the Outer Banks area, although some lived as far away as Plymouth. They conducted hypothesis-generating interviews, and taken together, the descriptive epidemiology suggested that the source was one of five or six food establishments in the Nags Head area, but it wasn’t clear which one. Consequently, the investigators wanted to conduct an analytic study to determine which restaurant was the source. Which analytic study design should be conducted? 

Using the graph below, provide your thoughts on the 2018 Inf…

Using the graph below, provide your thoughts on the 2018 Influenza season for the State of Florida. Describe: 1) The peak of the 2018 season compared to previous years 2) What time of year a peak in cases is typical 3) The intensity of cases compared to other years 4) Your observation of prevalence at week 26 of 2018 compared to other years   The figure below shows the percent of visits for ILI from ED and UCC chief complaint data for ESSENCE-FL participating facilities (n=324) from week 40 of 2014 to week 26 of 2018. flu graph (1).docx

Choose one (1) prompt and write a well-organized essay in re…

Choose one (1) prompt and write a well-organized essay in response. Your essay should be about 300-400 words, be organized around a thesis statement, and use a minimum of three (3) specific examples to support your argument. Discuss the influence of the image of Alexander during the Hellenistic period, both in regards to imitations as well as the use of depictions of the man himself. What is our evidence for painting in Ancient Greece? What do we use to reconstruct what we have lost and how? You have decided to excavate a Greek house. What do you expect to find? Describe the architecture, layout, and content of a typical Greek house. What conclusions can we draw from the archaeological evidence about the daily lives of the Greeks and their activities in the house?