Emerging Diseases Such as AIDS and Ebola Virus Have Only

question 13

Multiple Choice

Emerging diseases such as AIDS and ebola virus have only fairly recently become a problem because

• A)they only recently evolved.
• B)means of immunization have recently failed.
• C)humans have only recently come into contact with other species that carry these diseases.
• D)practices of modern life make us more susceptible to such diseases.

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The characteristics of people as males and females.

Race

A classification of humans based on shared physical or social qualities into categories generally viewed as distinct within a given society.

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