AE Determinants of disease
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- Created on: 15-01-19 17:15
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2. WHAT: one without which the disease will not occur, e.g. Mycobacterium tuberculosis paratuberculosis
- primary cause
- necessary cause
- sufficient cause
3. It is possible to prove causal relationships
- False
- True
4. Indirect cause of disease:
- an intervening variable that affects the disease
- what is traditionally considered a causal relationship; direct response from the causal factor disease/outcome
5. Enabling factors:
- associated with the definitive onset of disease
- increase the level of susceptibility in the host
- facilitate manifestation of a disease
- tend to aggravate the presence of a disease
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