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outbreak,person-to-person transmission

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shirini2
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01/08/08 - 10:04 AM

In a classroom of 25 students (15 males and 10 females), 5 males develop hepatitis A over a 2-week period.  During the next 6 weeks, an additional 3 males and 2 females develop the infection.  The source of this outbreak is most likely

    1)    common-source outbreak

    2)    continuing common-source outbreak

    3)    person-to-person transmission

    4)    common-source outbreak with secondary person-to-person transmission

    5)    continuing common-source outbreak with person-to-person transmission

Ivonne
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01/08/08 - 12:29 PM

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shirini2
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01/08/08 - 08:50 PM

Thanks Ivonne, Could you explain ?

neuroblastoma
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01/09/08 - 09:58 AM

hep A is oro-fecal transmission.
5) continuing common-source outbreak with person-to-person transmission

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