Outbreak Investigation Basics
They wrote the paper in 2000, titled “Outbreak Investigation - A Perspective ”
Who is Arthur Reingold
This statistical measure is used to calculate the strength of association between a specific food exposure and an outcome like getting sick
What is an odds ratio
Wheeler et al. strengthened their green-onion hypothesis by finding this pattern: more exposure was linked with greater illness risk.
What is a dose-response relationship?
This is the main goal of investigating an ongoing outbreak.
What is preventing additional cases?
This laboratory method performed on 170 patient serum specimens revealed that every single tested case shared identical viral RNA sequences
What is nucleic acid sequence analysis (Viral RNA Sequencing)
Reingold recommends analytic epidemiology to test hypotheses. Wheeler et al. used this study design to compare food exposures between people with hepatitis A and those without it.
What is a case-control study?