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The study of the causes of disease is called:Read the answer and worked solution →Every epidemiological analysis is carried out with reference to a:Read the answer and worked solution →The state of being diseased is called:Read the answer and worked solution →The number of people with an illness at one point in time is the:Read the answer and worked solution →

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The study of the causes of disease is called:

  1. Etiology
  2. Ethnology
  3. Etymology
  4. Ecology
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Correct answer: A. Etiology

1. The focus is what brings disease about. 2. It sits inside epidemiology. 3. That study is etiology. _Source: OpenStax Microbiology, Chapter 16, Disease and Epidemiology._

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Every epidemiological analysis is carried out with reference to a:

  1. Proposition
  2. Population
  3. Publication
  4. Prescription
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Correct answer: B. Population

1. Numbers alone mean little. 2. They must be set against a group at risk. 3. That group is the population. _Source: OpenStax Microbiology, Chapter 16, Disease and Epidemiology._

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The state of being diseased is called:

  1. Morbidity
  2. Mortality
  3. Modality
  4. Mobility
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Correct answer: A. Morbidity

1. It is about illness, not death. 2. It counts those who are sick. 3. That state is morbidity. _Source: OpenStax Microbiology, Chapter 16, Disease and Epidemiology._

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