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A correlation exists between subsistence patterns and infectious disease. Comparison of hunting-gathering populations to agricultural populations illustrates that each faces different types of infectious disease. What common types of disease are faced by hunting-gathering populations? What types are faced by agricultural populations? What is it about each of these types of subsistence patterns that contribute to these diseases?
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The human species continues to evolve biologically. However, biological change occurs much slower than human cultural adaptation. In the hast hundred years alone, dramatic shifts in our species have taken place due to industrialization and economic development in many parts of the world with major biological impact in disease, mortality, fertility, and population growth. These changes have collectively been referred to as the epidemiologic transition. What is the epidemiologic transition, its nature, and probable causes?





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