The Epidemiological Triangle

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The Epidemiological Triangle is made up of three factors, that epidemiologists use to categorize diseases. It begins with the host, which is the population that has the disease. Then, with the agent or organism, that causes the disease. And finally, the environment, which is where the disease is developing. Epidemiologists used the triangle to determine the hosts of the Zika Outbreak. Hosts could have been divided into different groups, such as age, sex, or even ethnic backgrounds. Finding the agent, was likely the most complicated part of the triangle since there is much more consideration. Agents include the biologic, chemical, or nutritional factor. The bacteria present among the community, the chemicals that could have triggered the virus,

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