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descriptive analysis
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Descriptive analysis is concerned with describing the general characteristics of the distribution of a disease. Descriptive studies often provide the first important clues about possible determinants of a disease and are primarily useful for the formulation of hypotheses that can be tested subsequently.
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outbreak
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An epidemic limited to a localized increase in the incidence of a disease, e.g., in a village, town, or closed institution
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cumulative incidence
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Incidence is defined as the number of individuals who fall ill with a certain disease during a defined time period, divided by the total population. In most instances, incidence is calculated from clinical cases, but by following people with serological test it is possible to detect the subclinical cases, and thus to obtain an incidence figure for the true number of infections. (Giesecke, p. 8-9)
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