Access the following case study: Oswego - An Outbreak of Gastrointestinal Illness following a Church Supper


  1. Access the following case study:
    Oswego - An Outbreak of Gastrointestinal Illness following a Church Supper
    at: http://www.cdc.gov/eis/casestudies/xoswego.401-303.student.pdf
    answer the following questions included in the case study: 11 and 12.
    PLEASE DO QUESTION ONE ON A SEPARATE PAGE FROM QUESTION 2.
  2. On June 1, 2001, 13 people became ill after attending a retirement dinner for a colleague. The symptoms were acute gastritis, vomiting, and fever. Using the food histories in the following table for the 20 individuals attending the dinner, construct an attack rate table and determine the most likely source of the outbreak. Justify your response.
    Person Became Ill? Ate Beef? Ate Chicken? Ate Salad?
    1 yes yes yes yes
    2 yes yes yes no
    3 yes no yes yes
    4 No yes NO NO
    5 YES YES NO YES
    6 NO YES NO NO
    7 YES YES YES YES
    8 YES YES NO YES
    9 YES NO YES NO
    10 NO NO YES NO
    11 YES YES YES NO
    12 NO NO NO YES
    13 NO NO NO NO
    14 YES YES YES YES
    15 NO N O NO YES
    16 NO NO YES NO
    17 YES YES NO YES
    18 YES YES NO YES
    19 YES YES YES NO
    20 YES YES YES NO

    of 33%.
  3. In a small community of 460 residents, 87 attended a social event that included a meal prepared by several individuals. Within 3 days, 39 of those who attended the event became ill with a condition diagnosed as salmonella enterocolitis. What is the attack rate among attendees? Interpret your result.
  4. In a community of 800 households (population 4320), public health authorities found 120 persons with condition X in 80 households. A total of 480 persons lived in the 80 affected households. Assuming that each household had only one primary case, what is the secondary attack rate? Interpret your result.
  5. A flu outbreak occurred in a small college dormitory that housed 20 students. Case A began on October 1 and case B was diagnosed on October 2. After approximately 10 days, 12 additional cases occurred during approximately a one-week time span. University epidemiologists believed that this second group of cases represented the same generation of cases, and was in the second incubation period after the occurrences of cases A and B; none of the 20 students was known to be immune. Calculate and interpret the secondary attack rate.
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