Point source epidemic tends to-
.point source epidemic tends to be explosive,there is clustering of cases within a narrow interval of time.and all the cases develop within one incubation period of disease.when we consider the epidemic curve,it rises and falls rapidly with no secondary waves. ref:park&;s textbook ,22 nd edition,pg no 62
Continue over one incubation period
Produce multiple peaks in the epidemic curve
Be explosive
Tail gradually
Epidemiology