Epidemiologists Take into Account the Role of Global Climate Change

question 72

Multiple Choice

Epidemiologists take into account the role of global climate change and its relationship to the spread of disease. In rural areas of Cambodia, epidemiologists have noted that social patterns are linked to the spread of mosquito-borne illness. Which of the following would they NOT consider?

• A) increases in rainfall due to La Niña
• B) changes in use of the forests-logging or military use
• C) new migration and settlements
• D) factory closures or economic shifts and changes
• E) increases in the use of antiretroviral drugs

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Definitions:

Probability

A numerical expression of the potential for a given event to take place, with values spanning from 0 to 1.

Binomial Experiment

An experiment with two outcomes (success and failure) for each trial, with a fixed number of trials and constant probability of success.

Successes

The occurrences of a defined outcome of interest in a series of trials or tests.

Hypergeometric Distribution

A discrete probability distribution that describes the probability of k successes in n draws, without replacement, from a finite population of size N that contains exactly K successes.