A measure of morbidity often used in infectious disease investigations is the attack rate. Attack rates are often specific to an exposure. An example of an attack rate is:
1. The number of cases of cancer recorded at a medical center
2. The number of people who died of cholera in India in a given year
3. The number of beef cattle inoculated against mad-cow disease on a farm
4. The proportion of people becoming ill after eating at a fast-food restaurant
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Attack rates are often specific to exposures such as food-specific attack rates.
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