Description

Overview:

A very common aim of epidemiological investigation is to estimate the frequency of disease in a population. This is of particular importance in the case of surveillance and disease monitoring systems, and is commonly the central aim of many descriptive studies. There are two main measures of disease frequency used by epidemiologists - the prevalence and the incidence of disease, which each measure different aspects of disease. The survival time, which is closely associated with the incidence, is another measure commonly used. Counts of disease are not commonly used in epidemiological studies, although they can be useful when deciding upon resource requirements when implementing disease control strategies.

Subject:

Natural Science

Level:

Graduate / Professional, Career / Technical

Material Type:

Diagram/Illustration, Reading

Provider:

WikiVet

Provider Set:

Veterinary Epidemiology

Date Added:

12/27/2018