The Kaplan-Meier method that is used to assess cumulative incidence of events uses the _________ point in time when each event occurs to terminate the previous interval and to begin a new interval.
"___________ environmental exposures are exposures to things such as air pollution, which affect populations or entire communities."
Ringworm is also called “___________” or “dermatophytosis.”
True or false: "The ability to detect a disease, such as neuroblastoma, by screening cannot be equated with a demonstration of benefit to those screened."
Reverse ___________ are diseases caused by pathogens that are reservoired in humans and are capable of being transmitted to non-human animals, causing disease in the non-human animals.
___________ disease is caused by a protozoan in the genus Trypanosoma.
Bacillus anthracis, the etiologic agent of anthrax, occurs naturally in the ________ for a long time, even decades.
Brucellosis is a zoonosis that is transmitted by ingestion of raw _________ and/or undercooked meat fro an infected animal, or entry through skin wounds or mucous membranes, leading to signs and symptoms that may include recurrent fever, arthritis, malaise and infertility.
Toxoplasmosis is considered one of the "neglected ____________ disease" in the United States, and a leading cause of death attributed to foodborne illness.
The extent to which a specific health care treatment, service, procedure, program, or other intervention produces a beneficial result under ideal controlled conditions is its _________________.
Infection with Taenia ________ tapeworms can result in human cysticercosis, which can be a very serious disease that can cause seizures and muscle or eye damage.
Lyme disease is the _________ common vector-borne disease in the United States.
Avoidable mortality analyses, an index used in ecologic studies of health services, assumes that the rate of "avoidable ____________" should vary inversely with the availability, accessibility, and quality of medical care in different geographic regions.