Winston Salem State University Incubation Period of An Outbreak Case Study

The cases responses must include sufficient support (at least 2 scholarly sources less than 5 years old, the Bible and the course textbook for each answer). Each response to each question must contain at least 250 words.

Read/Review: Chapter 7, Case Study 7.1

Respond to the following question sets. Include a description of how you derived the response.

1. What was the approximate length of the incubation period? Explain your answer with the help of data from the outbreak and Figure 7.10.
2. Was this a point source, common source, or mixed propagated outbreak? Explain your answer with help from the data from the outbreak.
3. When did the peak of the outbreak occur? Explain your answer with the help of data from the outbreak and Figure 7.10.
4. Did the outbreak end spontaneously, or did it end because of control measures implemented by the local health authorities? Explain your answer with the help of data from the outbreak.