What are the Key Epidemiological Measures for Acute Diseases?
In epidemiology, several measures are crucial for understanding acute diseases:
Incidence rate: The number of new cases of a disease in a specific population over a defined period. Prevalence: The total number of existing cases of a disease in a population at a given time. Case fatality rate: The proportion of individuals diagnosed with a disease who die from it within a specified time. Basic reproduction number (R0): The average number of secondary cases produced by a single infected individual in a completely susceptible population.
