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Scenario:
In the "Slide Show" which accompanies this module, several examples of
epidemics and epizootics are presented, showing a smattering of ways of
studying an epidemic. As we study epidemics, we might ask ourselves:
Questions:
What are some of the factors that influence the spread of the disease, in
both time and space? Which of the following have a spatial component?
Temporal? Can you draw rough curves to explain your expectations under
different circumstances (e.g. prior to, during, and after the epidemic)?
- incubation period
- time period of contagiousness
- degree of contagiousness
- time period of recovery
- death rate
- reinfection rate
- effectiveness of vaccine
- sources of disease
- mechanisms for transmission
- barriers to transmission
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