BIO SCI 45 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Subtypes Of Hiv, Antibody, Serostatus
28 May 2016
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Epidemiological studies that seek to identify and explain the causes of diseases. Reports and descriptions of an unusual disease occurrence in individual patients. Case reports are one form of descriptive epidemiology. A form of analytical epidemiology in which a group of individuals with a particular disease (the cases) are compared with a matched group of unaffected individuals (the controls). The factors contributing to the development of disease in epidemiological studies. Various human populations throughout the world are infected by different clades of hiv. In north america, the predominant clade of hiv-1 is clade b. A form of analytical epidemiology in which a group of individuals who share a particular risk factor for a disease are studied. A group of individuals who serve as the scientific comparison for a similar but separate experimental group of individuals who receive a special treatment or intervention.
