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2,500-year Evolution of the Term Epidemic
The term epidemic (from the Greek epi [on] plus demos [people]), first used by Homer, took its medical meaning when Hippocrates used it as the title of one of his famous treatises. At that time, epidemic was the name given to a collection of clinical syndromes, such as coughs or diarrheas, occurring...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2006
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3373038/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16707055 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1206.051263 |