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epidemiology stems from the Greek words epi meaning on or upon deimos meaning people and logos meaning the study of Epidemiology is the science that studies the patterns causes and effects of health and disease conditions in defined populations epidemiologists are often referred to as disease detectives as scientists they must figure out the five W's of an outbreak investigation or in this case a foodborne disease outbreak investigation the five W's are who the person what the health event where the place when the time and why how the causes risk factors and transmission during an investigation the epidemiologist will generate and test hypotheses to figure out the cause of the outbreak an epidemiologist must identify the cause of disease understand and determine factors that increase a person's risk for developing the disease and describe how the disease was transmitted they must also recommend interventions and ensure successful implementation of control and prevention measures to red