An Epidemiologist Wants to Conduct a Study on Hepatitis C

question 69

Multiple Choice

An epidemiologist wants to conduct a study on hepatitis C (HCV) transmission in a country with limited healthcare resources.  She has access to a cohort of adults newly diagnosed with HCV and a cohort of age-matched HCV-negative adults.  She plans to use these 2 cohorts of adults to conduct a case-control study.  Which of the following would be the most appropriate measure of interest for this researcher's study?

• A)The average death rate in each cohort
• B)The frequency of past blood transfusions in each cohort
• C)The incidence rate of liver cancer in HCV-positive participants
• D)The rate of eventual HCV infection in HCV-negative participants
• E)The rate of treatment-related adverse effects in HCV-positive participants

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