True about point source epidemic is?
Common source single exposure epidemics is also known as point source epidemic. The exposure to the disease agent is brief and essentially simultaneous, the resultant cases all develop within one incubation period of the disease. Ref: 25th edition, Park's Textbook of Preventive and Social Medicine, Page no. 72
Occurs in more than 1 incubation period
Occurs in one incubation period
The exposure is continuous
Epidemic curve falls very slowly
Epidemiology