A county public health department in a large city received a physician report from 5 private practices, 4 clinics, and 2 HMO's for a total of 22 cases of tuberculosis in patients 60 years and older in a 30-day period. The city has four large senior citizen housing apartment complexes, where all but two cases were from. Most of the city's senior citizens attend a local senior center that serves a noon meal. What steps would an epidemiologists take in an investigation of this epidemic?
Ans- 1- epidemiologist first screen the whole senior citizens for the tb
2 he/she screen the worker in tha mess who prepare food for the senior citizens
3- rate of occurence of the tb should be evaluated
4- all the people in the area are adviced for the screening ttest
5- high risk case are adviced for the diagnostic test of tb
6- epidemiologist search for the common point which is share by the tb people for a time period
A county public health department in a large city received a physician report from 5 private...