You are conducting a study on a new type of infectious disease and find that the case fatality rate is high. It means that:
Correct Answer: The disease is caused by a virulent organism
Description: Case fatality rate = Total number of deaths due to a paicular disease/Total number of cases of the same disease It is a measure of the killing power of a disease and is closely related to the virulence. Ref: Park, Edition 21, Page - 54.
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