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Recall the epidemiology of pertussis.
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- What is black Sigatoka disease? Discuss and describe comprehensively. Be able to include the causative agent, symptoms, and the mode of transmission.List the similarities and differences (three for each) between the epidemiology of leismaniasis and Chagas disease.Summarize the pathogenesis and epidemiology of N. meningitidis.