Epidemiology Discussion # Choose one question to complete from the Review Questions for Chapter 2 (pages 39-40), Chapter 3 (pages 62-64), or Chapter 4 (pages 90-93). Remember when answering a multiple

                                                                                      Epidemiology Discussion #

Choose one question to complete from the Review Questions for Chapter 2 (pages 39-40), Chapter 3 (pages 62-64), or Chapter 4 (pages 90-93).

• Remember when answering a multiple choice question to give why the wrong answers are wrong and why the correct answer is right.
• If doing a mathematical problem, please show your work as this is helpful for all. It is fine to ask for help from classmates if you find yourself in the middle of a problem that you are having trouble finding the correct answer. 

• QUESTION  1. Review question for Chapter 2 

Which of the following recent widespread diseases is considered a pandemic?

1. Ebola virus disease
2. Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-Cov)
3. H1N1 flu virus (Swine flu)
4. Measles

• QUESTION 2. Using any of the supplied articles or an article of choice, please discuss the transmission of disease and the surveillance of disease outbreak. Please reference your work. 
• QUESTION 3. From the article "Exploring changes in maternal and congenital syphilis," discuss what the observed trends in maternal syphilis and congenital syphilis suggest about public health success or failure over time. Could increases in reported rates partly reflect better detection, surveillance, or reporting improvements rather than actual increases in disease burden?  Please reference your work.

References should be less than 5 years