Case Studies
Case studies for use in public health epidemiology instruction
Each case study includes a student version to be handed out to learners. Instructor versions with answers and other information are available by contacting:
Julie Magri, MD, MPH
Office of Workforce and Career Development
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
zvd0@cdc.gov
404-498-6183
For each case study, a cover sheet details the setting, type of agent, mode of transmission, learning objectives, the public health competency addressed, and the source of the case. This information should aid in selection of an appropriate case study for your training needs.
See Teaching Strategies for ideas and tips on teaching with these case studies.
Case Studies
- Cigarette Smoking and Lung Cancer
- A Cluster of Group A Streptococcal Postoperative Wound Infections
- An Epidemic Disease in South Carolina
- Epidemic Measles in a Divided City
- An Epidemic of Thyrotoxicosis
- Establishing an Injury Surveillance System
- L-tryptophan and Eosinophilia-Myalgia Syndrome
- A Mixed Bag in Michigan (the PBB story)
- Oral Contraceptive Use and Ovarian Cancer
- Oswego—An Outbreak of Gastrointestinal Illness Following a Church Supper
- An Outbreak of Enteritis During a Pilgrimage to Mecca
- An Outbreak of Hemorrhagic Fever in Africa
- An Outbreak of a Neurologic Syndrome Among Factory Workers in Taiwan
- Paralytic Illness in Ababo
- Screening for Antibody to the Human Immunodeficiency Virus
- Surveillance for E. coli O157:H7—Information for Action
- Suspected Legionnaires' Disease in Bogalusa
- Tampons and Toxic Shock Syndrome
- Vinyl Chloride and Cancer
- West Branch: An Outbreak of Jaundice in a Rural County
