Prescott's Microbiology
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ISBN: 9781260211887
Author: WILLEY, Sandman, Wood
Publisher: McGraw Hill
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Chapter 36.3, Problem 1MI
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The epidemic is a sudden spread of disease in a population with a wide spread of infection rate that affects most of the population within a short period of time. For example, Cholera. The epidemic can be a common source epidemic and propagated epidemic.
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Prescott's Microbiology
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