Discuss one important role of the epidemiology team in investigating the unidentified waterborne illnesses
• the team will work to identify the cause (1) of the unidentifiedwaterborneillnesses. Without the team the waterborneillnesses might continue to increase / mutate (1) and become (more) dangerous (1)
• the team will determine how much of a threat the different unidentified waterborne illnesses pose to the area (1). Without the teamdetermining the threat, people living in the local area could become poorly / die (1)
One of the epidemiology team suggests: ‘Research into treatments should concentrate on the outbreaks caused by unidentified organisms, as these are the cause of more than half of all outbreaks.’
Discuss this suggestion.
• as unidentified organisms do make up more than half of all outbreaks, further research on this group can be justified. This supports the suggestion (1)
• no data is given on how serious the illness caused by each group is, This does not support the suggestion (1)
Prevalence is the analysis of existing cases and incidence analyses new cases.
Identify the organelle responsible for energy release within cells and name this process.
