Outbreak investigations
Across
- 2. – Proportion of an at-risk population that becomes ill
- 4. – Disease-causing microorganism
- 6. – Ratio of disease risk in exposed and unexposed groups
- 9. – Study of disease distribution and determinants in populations
- 10. – Reporting a suspected outbreak to health authorities
- 11. – Process by which an infectious agent spreads
- 12. – Occurrence of more cases than expected in a population
- 13. – Proposed explanation for the source of an outbreak
- 14. – Table containing information about individual cases
- 18. – Criteria used to identify outbreak cases
- 19. – India's Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme
- 20. – Graph showing cases according to time of onset
Down
- 1. – Restriction of exposed persons who may develop infection
- 3. – Continuous collection and analysis of health data
- 5. – Occurrence of disease cases above the expected level
- 7. – Separation of infected persons to prevent transmission
- 8. – Presence of an unwanted harmful agent in food or water
- 15. – Time between exposure to an infectious agent and symptom onset
- 16. – Sample collected for laboratory investigation
- 17. – Process of eliminating many or most disease-causing microorganisms