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Population disease screening programs are important countermeasures for reducing the epidemiologic impact of latency by testing for the presence of a disease before symptoms would motivate an individual to visit a physician for diagnosis and treatment. Disease screening is secondary prevention, since it aims to minimize damage associated with the disease process.