Problem
From the CDC Solve the Outbreak website, click on "Level 1" and work through the scenario, "Village of Gold." As you go through the scenario, stop and answer the questions
In late spring of 2010, an unusually high number of children began dying in an isolated part of Zamfara Province. Scientists from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) quickly boarded planes and traveled to Zamfara. Upon arriving in Zamfara, they performed tests and found that many children were in critical condition. Some adults also tested positive for the same condition.
Discuss the answers you chose and your reasoning for your choice provided in the following instructions:
• It could take days to reach the village. What should you do?
• What should you do next?
• You have a limited amount of medicine. Whom should you give it to first?
• Based on your data, which children are most likely to get lead poisoning?
• Based on the epi curve, which of the following do you think is happening?