Prescott's Microbiology
Prescott's Microbiology
11th Edition
ISBN: 9781260211887
Author: WILLEY, Sandman, Wood
Publisher: McGraw Hill
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The interaction of the organism with the environment is considered as ecology, while the interaction of the human health with the diseases in the environment is called as the epidemiology. The word epidemiology is derived from Greek meaning, epi-upon and demos-people and logos-study.

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