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Attack Rate Definition:
Proportional number of cases that develop in a population exposed to an infectious agent.
Prescott's Microbiology 9th Edition by Joanne Willey, Linda Sherwood, Christopher J. Woolverton
Attack Rate Notes:
The attack rate, in epidemiology is the bio-statistical proportion of recurrence of morbidity, or speed of spread, in a population that is at risk. It is utilized in theoretical predictions and during the disease outbreaks.
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