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Use the following information for Questions 27–29. Within 10 days after attending a June wedding, an outbreak of cyclosporiasis occurred among attendees. Of the 83 guests and wedding party members, 79 were interviewed; 54 of the 79 met the case definition. The following two-by-two table shows consumption of wedding cake (that had raspberry filling) and illness status.

In a state that did not require varicella (chickenpox) vaccination, a boarding school experienced a prolonged outbreak of varicella among its students that began in September and continued through December. To calculate the probabilityor risk of illness among the students, which denominator would you use?

What is the prevalence of disease during July?

In a screening test, Positive predictive value is:

John Snow’s investigation of cholera in 1854 London is considered a model for epidemiologic field investigations because it included a number of key aspects that informs much of modern epidemiology. The one aspect which was NOT RELEVANT in his investigations at that time was:

The nurse is teaching a seminar about the preventing the spread of HIV. Which statement by the student indicates the need for further education?

The nurse uses topical gentamicin sulfate on a client’s burn injury. Which laboratory value will the nurse monitor?

Select the enzyme which properly completes each statement about Glycolysis. Some answers may be used more than once or not at all.

A study in which children are randomly assigned to receive either a newly formulated vaccine or the currently available vaccine, and are followed to monitor for side effects and effectiveness of each vaccine, is an example of which specific type of study

Which of the following is NOT TRUE of a cross-sectional study: