Severity of acute disease can be best analyzed by?
Correct Answer: Case fatality rate
Description: Case fatality rate represents the killing power of a disease. Typically used for acute diseases like food poisoning, cholera, measles. it is simply the ratio of deaths to cases. ref: Park&;s 23rd edition pg 58.
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