If a new effective treatment is initiated for a communicable disease and all the other factors remain the same, which of the following is most likely to happen?
Correct Answer: Incidence and prevalence both will change
Description: In an infectious disease case, as the prevalence comes down, the number of infective people in the community also comes down and hence incidence also comes down.
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