Microbiology with Diseases by Body System (4th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780321918550
Author: Robert W. Bauman Ph.D.
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 14, Problem 15MC
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Disease-causing pathogens may spread through different modes namely person to person contact, blood transfusion, airborne, water borne etc. Tracing out the mode of disease transmission is an important as well as difficult task to the epidemiologist.
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Microbiology with Diseases by Body System (4th Edition)
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