Diagnostic Applications of the Epidemic Curve
Construction of epidemic curves can refine information about the possible source(s) of the outbreak, enabling development of hypothesises for further environmental and analytical investigation:
These include:
- Refining the estimate of the point in time of occurrence of a focal point source
- Identifying multiple possible sources of exposure
- Distinguishing primary and secondary cases
- Unmasking outbreak source through epidemic curve segmentation
(there could be other examples/topics here)
FEM PAGE CONTRIBUTORS 2007
- Editor
- Graham Fraser
- Original Authors
- Alain Moren
- Marta Valenciano
- Contributors
- Arnold Bosman
- Graham Fraser
Root > Assessing the burden of disease and risk assessment > Field Epidemiology > Outbreak Investigations > Describe the outbreak > Construction of Epidemic Curves