Outbreak

Choose an outbreak listed with the CDC, Florida, or local health department of Pensacola.

CDC Outbreaks (Links to an external site.)
State of Florida Outbreaks (Links to an external site.)
Escambia County, Florida (Links to an external site.)
CDC Flu Watch  (Links to an external site.)

Identify the following steps:
Confirmation of the outbreak. How do you know there is a problem?
Who would you recruit to be on your team?
How would you verify the diagnosis? What is the test? Is it available? (Think about: confirmed positive, suspected, presumed etc if applicable)
Define your case definition. (Components: Person, Place, Time (based on incubation if known), Clinical symptoms, lab results, define population at risk.
What kind of study would you use to monitor the outbreak?
Generate a hypothesis about the outbreak.