Assignment:

For this discussion, please do the following before responding to the discussion questions:

1. Go to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Solve the Outbreak application at https://www.cdc.gov/mobile/applications/sto/web-app.html
2. Select “Level 1” outbreaks.
3. Choose one of the 12 outbreaks to solve and select “Start”.
4. Read the “Your Mission” and select “I accept this mission.”
5. Review each clue in the investigation and answer the questions correctly to solve the outbreak.

Answer the following questions:

1. Identify the outbreak you had chosen to solve.
2. Discussed how you rate as a disease detective based on points earned in the game?
3. Discuss what factors you examined to determine the occurrence of the outbreak.

Expectations:

Length:1 page, excluding title page and references from required reading.

Required Reading:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). (2016, February 25). Ten leading causes of death and injury 2014. Accessed from http://www.cdc.gov/injury/wisqars/LeadingCauses.ht…

Gerstman, B. (2013). Chapter 3: Epidemiologic measures. Epidemiology kept simple (3^rd ed). Oxford: John Wiley & Sons. San Jose State University. Retrieved from http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/gerstman/eks/chap3-eks…

MedicineNet, Inc. (2016). Definition of mortality rate. Retrieved from www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=10…

New York Department of Health. (n.d.). Basic statistics: About incidence, prevalence, morbidity, and mortality. Retrieved from www.health.ny.gov/diseases/chronic/basicstat.htm