Interpreting Epi Curves, Line Listings, Cluster Maps
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Key Points
- An epi curve is a statistical chart used in epidemiology to visualize the onset of a disease outbreak, showing the frequency of new cases compared to the date of disease onset.
Terms
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- U.S. CDC — www.cdc.gov/mmwr/index.html (U.S. Government work (public domain, 17 U.S.C. 105))
- Wikipedia contributors — en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epidemic_curve (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0)
- Wikipedia contributors — en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Maginot_Line_ouvrages (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0)
- Wikipedia contributors — en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coma_Cluster (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0)