General stuff

Question 1

What does control of a disease entail?

Answer 1

Reduction of incidence, prevalence, morbidity/mortality to a locally acceptable level

Question 2

What does elimination of disease entail?

Answer 2

Reduction to 0 of incidence of a specific disease in a defined geographic area

Question 3

What does eradication of disease entail?

Answer 3

Permanent reduction to zero of worldwide incidence caused by a specific agent

Question 4

What does extinction of disease entail?

Answer 4

The specific agent no longer exists either in nature or in a laboratory setting