NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS
TOXICOLOGY
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Question
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Diseases that appear for the first time or have existed and then begin to spread rapidly are called?
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Infectious
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Emerging
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Pandemics
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Biological
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Emerging infectious diseases (EID) are defined as infectious diseases that are newly recognized in a population or have existed but are rapidly increasing in incidence or geographic range.
Detailed explanation-2: -Demographic factors. Population demographics are altered by population growth, migration, and differential mortality; the unique interaction of these factors has contributed to the emergence and re-emergence of infectious diseases.
Detailed explanation-3: -Smallpox and measles viruses are among the oldest that infect humans. Having evolved from viruses that infected other animals, they first appeared in humans in Europe and North Africa thousands of years ago.
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