Hand, Foot, and Mouth disease is common in children 5 years and younger (CDC, 20

Hand, Foot, and Mouth disease is common in children 5 years and younger (CDC, 2022). However, anyone can get Hand, Foot, and Mouth disease because it is very contagious. In a hypothetical outbreak of Hand, Foot, and Mouth disease the number of cases reported during February and March 2022 were reported in Table 1 and 2 below. Using CDC’s Epicurve Excel Spreadsheet construct the Epi curve and answer the following items:
https://www.cdc.gov/urdo/epicurve.html
-Describe the type of curve and interpret the curve.
-Determine the incubation period and justify it using the curve.
-Determine the Epi curve based on relevant factors using Table 2. (For this example, use the columns labeled confirmed, probable and possible cases for the age specific information).
-Using the steps of an outbreak investigation, discuss the procedure you will use to investigation of hand, foot mouth disease.
Table 1
Date of onset Confirmed
2/11/22
1
2/12/22 2
2/13/22 8
2/14/22 6
2/15/22 8
2/16/22 5
2/17/22 7
2/18/22 5
2/19/22 8
2/20/22 12
2/21/22 12
2/22/22 13
2/23/22 14
2/24/22 15
2/25/22 14
2/26/22 5
2/27/22 9
2/28/22 11
3/1/22 12
3/2/22 10
3/3/22 11
3/4/22 9
3/5/22 6
3/6/22 6
3/7/22 7
3/8/22 15
3/9/22 23
3/10/22 55
3/11/22 18
3/12/22 16
3/13/22 8
3/14/22 8
3/15/22 6
3/16/22 4
3/17/22 9
3/18/22 4
3/19/22 5
3/20/22 4
3/21/22 6
3/22/22 3
3/23/22 0
Table 2
Date of onset <10 years 10-20 years >20 years
2/11/22 1 0 0
2/12/22 2 0 0
2/13/22 3 0 0
2/14/22 6 0 0
2/15/22 8 0 0
2/16/22 4 1 0
2/17/22 3 2 1
2/18/22 0 3 2
2/19/22 4 2 2
2/20/22 5 3 4
2/21/22 4 4 4
2/22/22 3 6 4
2/23/22 3 6 5
2/24/22 2 7 5
2/25/22 2 5 7
2/26/22 0 2 3
2/27/22 1 3 5
2/28/22 0 5 6
3/1/22 0 6 6
3/2/22 0 3 7
3/3/22 2 6 3
3/4/22 4 3 2
3/5/22 6 0 0
3/6/22 3 2 1
3/7/22 3 3 4
3/8/22 4 6 5
3/9/22 7 6 10
3/10/22 11 20 24
3/11/22 10 6 4
3/12/22 4 7 5
3/13/22 2 6 2
3/14/22 2 6 2
3/15/22 1 5 1
3/16/22 1 2 1
3/17/22 0 5 4
3/18/22 0 3 1
3/19/22 1 2 2
3/20/22 1 1 2
3/21/22 0 2 4
3/22/22 0 1 2
3/23/22 0 0 0