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Questions: This chapter describes the processes an epidemiologist uses when investigating a disease outbreak. In this case, the disease condition also has ethical concerns as it involves immigrant employees with limited English language fluency.

Read the chapter and take notes to follow the events. Provide a thoughtful answer.

1) Describe the setting for the story in terms of persons affected, the place of the disease outbreak, and time from the initial ill person (index case) to the end of the outbreak

2) Describe the processes of elimination that the epidemiologists used in identifying the disease causes of the employee's symptoms.

3) What were the two studies that the epidemiologists used, first to identify who was at risk for having the symptoms, and second to identify the cause of the autoimmune response?

4) Describe the epidemiologist's conclusion that led to the outbreak.

5) Discuss ethical concerns of this employment setting and regard for worker safety.