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- Describe what is similar and different about the diseases Hand Foot and Mouth, Measles, and Rubella in terms of their causes, routes of infection, and effects.Differentiate between true noncoliform enteric pathogens andopportunistic genera.Differentiate between systemic, subcutaneous, cutaneous, and superfi cial infections.