Giardia

Source: Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Norway, EPIET, Barbara Schimmer, Karin Nygård, Preben Aavitsland   Objectives
  • Define an outbreak
  • Describe the steps in an outbreak investigation
  • Develop a case definition in the context of an outbreak investigation
  • Construct and interpret an epidemic curve
  • Calculate attack rates
  • Characterise an outbreak by time, place and person
  • Compare frequency of exposures between cases and a sample of the population
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