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Social & Preventive Medicine Concept of health and disease a45c0126

All of the following statements are true about the term &;disease control&; except

A
Agent is permitted to persist at low levels
B
Reducing the incidence of disease
C
Interruption of the transmission of disease
D
Focus is on primary and/ or secondary prevention
High-Yield Explanation
Interruption of transmission of disease comes under Elimination. Disease control- reducing the disease burden to a level at which it is no longer a public health problem. Disease elimination - interruption of the transmission of the disease and continued measures to prevent re-establishment. Disease eradication - permanent reduction to zero of the worldwide incidence of infection caused by a specific agent. Intervention measures are no longer needed once eradication has been achieved. Ref: Park's Textbook of Preventive and Social Medicine; 24th edition - Page no. 99,273

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