Epidemic Curves Ahead

An epidemic curve can provide a sense of the magnitude of the outbreak as well. For example, there were 73 cases reported in the point source outbreak shown in Figure 3—a fairly large outbreak for certain diseases in a small geo-graphical area. Additional information about the magni-tude of the outbreak within subpopulations can be ob-

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