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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In one week, a pharmacist in a small town of 4300people observes that hundreds of people are buying antidiarrheal medicines, and there is an epidemic gastroenteritis. What are the city services and utilities the epidemiologists will examine?
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Gastroenteritis involves the swelling of the gastrointestinal tract that is also known as diarrheal infection, which is commonly caused by the virus. Gastroenteritis is also caused by the bacteriaand
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