Neco Model Questions Vol1 2025 Biology Question 17

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Question 17 NECO_MODEL_QUESTIONS_VOL1 • 2025 • BIOLOGY • objective

In a community of 10,000 people a malaria outbreak begins with 120 reported cases. The disease has a basic reproduction number \(R_{0}=2.5\). Control measures reduce the effective reproduction number by 40\%. Assuming the reduced reproduction number remains constant, how many total cases will be present after two successive infection cycles (i.e., after the original cases generate secondary cases and those secondary cases generate tertiary cases)?

Answer Options

A. 360
B. 450
Correct Answer C. 570
D. 1170
Correct Answer
C
Correct Option:
570

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This is Neco Model Questions Vol1 2025 Biology Question 17. It is one of the objective questions from the 2025 Neco Model Questions Vol1 Biology examination.

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