Which one of the following is a good index of the serverity of an acute disease
Correct Answer: Case fatality rate
Description: ref: Park&;s 23rd edition pg 58 Case fatality rate measures the killing power of a disease, for acute infectious diseases like food poisoning, cholera, measles. it is simply the ratio (it is not a RATE) of deaths to cases.
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