This is a real-world medical entrance exam question, please give the true answer based on the question and selection. Topic name: Epidemiology, Subject name: Social & Preventive Medicine
[{'content': 'Case fatality rate is - \nSelect and explain. \nA. Communicability of disease, B. Killing power of disease, C. Burden of a disease, D. All of the above', 'role': 'user'}, {'content': "Answer: B \nExplanation: Ans. is 'b' i.e., Killing power of disease * CFR represents the killing power (severity) of a disease.CFR=Total no. of deaths due to a disease--------------------------------Total no. of cases of the same diseasex 100* CFR is typically used in acute infectious disease e.g.food poisoning, cholera, measles. Its usefulness in chronic disease is limited, because the period from onset to death is long and variable.* CFR is closely related to virulence of agent.* Limitation of CFR is that time period is not specified.* The case fatality rate for the same disease may vary in different epidemics because of changes in host, agent and environment factors.", 'role': 'assistant'}]