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Attack Rate

A cumulative incidence measure used in outbreak settings.

Attack rate is used heavily in outbreak analyses.

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Nearby Terms

Endemic Epidemic Pandemic

References

  1. J. Last et al. A Dictionary of Epidemiology. Oxford University Press. 2020.
  2. M. Porta. A Dictionary of Epidemiology (6th ed.). Oxford University Press. 2014.
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