Article Review Unit III
Instructions
Locate an epidemiological article that looks at a disease prevention program or a health education program. The program should be of interest to you. Read this article carefully. Write a paper discussing:
the disease/condition,
how epidemiology and biostatistics are evident in this article,
the main independent and dependent variables,
the statistical tests that were used, and
the importance of the study results.
Your APA-formatted review should be at least two pages (not including title and reference pages). All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.
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The Disease/ Condition
Ebola is the name of a river near which the first case of the ailment was discovered in the 1970s in Zaire Africa. It is a disease which is rare but very dangerous and is caused by a virus which mostly affects humans and nonhuman primates. There are four Ebola viruses which are known to cause disease in people, and they are The Sudan virus, the Zaire virus, the Bundibugyo virus, and the Tai forest virus.
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