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Learning Outcomes:
After completing this case study, the student will be able to:
- Determine whether an increase in reports of a disease represents an outbreak.
- Write a case definition for an epidemiologic investigation.
- Summarize the descriptive epidemiology of cases in an outbreak.
- List questions for in-depth interviews of cases to generate hypotheses about the source of an outbreak.
- Outline key considerations in designing a case-control study.
- Analyze the results of a case-control study.
- List detailed product information that will facilitate traceback of a food implicated in an outbreak.
- Describe the unique role the laboratory can play in an outbreak investigation.
- Describe infection with E. coli O157:H7.
http://www2a.cdc.gov/epicasestudies/computerbased/ecoli.htm
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