Microbiology: Principles and Explorations
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To explain: The differences and similarities in comparing the past epidemics of play with today’s AIDS epidemic.
Introduction: An epidemic is defined as the rapid spreading of infectious disease with a short time period to a large number of individuals. It occurs when the susceptible host and agent are in adequate numbers and the agent can be conveyed effectively from a source to the host that are susceptible.
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