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1 Imagine that you are an epidemiologist in a small, remote village in Epidemistan. Epidemistan is located in the high mountains, and the roads to access it are treacherous. Therefore, it takes over a week to reach it by car, and no other transportation in or out of the village is available.On Tuesday of your worst week ever, a child experiencing high fever, a bright pustular rash, and unremitting diarrhea comes into your clinic. You’ve seen these symptoms before, but not all at once, and not to this degree. You hydrate the child, provide fever-relieving drugs, and put the child under watchful surveillance.On Thursday, three more children appear with the same symptoms, and on Friday, one of the villagers who provides care to the children of the community also develops the same symptoms. The village leaders come to you for guidance.You have all the equipment for a modest molecular biology laboratory. You call the nearest clinic for help, and they are on the way, but because of your remote location, you are on your own for at least a week. What is your first step? Of all the things you could consider in this emergency, defend why this action is more paramount than others.

PUZZLE CLUES

He developed the postulates that prove causality between a microbe and disease…except perhaps for viruses (4 letters)

An animal used to assess potential outbreaks (8 letters)

Disease manifestation of a virus infection (12 letters)

The probability that a meaningful difference or effect would be detected if it occurred (5 letters)

The number of new cases in a population in a given period (9 letters)

Disease outbreak of worldwide proportions (8 letters)

The first human virus to be identified (11 letters)

Disease transmitted from other animals to humans (8 letters)

The percentage of deaths in a specified population of infected individuals (9 letters)

A virus transmitted by mosquitos, and associated with severe birth defects (4 letters)

The host population in which a viral population is maintained (9 letters)

The cause or causes of disease (8 letters)

The total number of infected individuals in a population or area (10 letters)

The founder of vaccination, with apologies to Jenner (7 letters)

The percentage of individuals in a specified population who show symptoms of infection within a given period (9 letters)

An event when a viral disease affects a greater number of people than is usual for the area, or when a disease spreads to a new area (8 letters)