Tuberculosis Essa

Public Health Class:
Essentials of Epidemiology

The CDC BioSense program is a “biosurveillance program designed to increase the nation’s preparedness through the use of a national network for disease detection and health situational awareness.” On Friday, October 6, 2011, the CDC BioSense reported on a tuberculosis outbreak in the Dallas Fort Worth area.

As the epidemiologist in charge of the investigation, you must prepare a report to present to the stakeholders (i.e., parents, public, authorities, media, etc.). In your report, you must use the words in the table below that are related to chapters 1 through 4 of your textbook. There are 32 words listed. You must use 22 words. Information must be relevant and credible. Remember, you are presenting this to the stakeholders. Underline all words you use (just like in 5th grade).

Population, Outcome, Natural History of TB, Robert Koch, Percentage, Incidence or Incidence rate, Availability of data, Reportable disease statistics, Hypothesis, Sex, Secular trends, Distribution, Mortality, Primary prevention, Epidemiologic transition, Rate, Population at risk, Source of data, Life expectancy, Age, International, Clustering, Determinate, Morbidity, Secondary prevention, Risk factor, Prevalence, Case fatality rate, REgistries, Cross-sectional study, Race and Point epidemic.

Start your investigation by reviewing the article obtained from CDC BioSense: Tuberculosis Concerns
Expand to Denton High School.

Expand your investigation by searching online for information related to the outbreak. You may check the Texas Department of State Health Services to determine if tuberculosis is a reportable disease.