Explain Why Rates Are Important to Epidemiologists

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Essay

Explain why rates are important to epidemiologists.

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Definitions:

Bacteriophages

Viruses that infect and replicate within bacteria, used in biotechnology for gene therapy and as bacterial control agents.

X-ray Diffraction

A technique used to determine the atomic and molecular structure of a crystal, by measuring the angles and intensities of X-rays that are scattered by the crystal.

Watson

Refers to James Watson, who, along with Francis Crick, Maurice Wilkins, and Rosalind Franklin, is credited with discovering the double helix structure of DNA.

Crick

Francis Crick, a British molecular biologist, biophysicist, and neuroscientist, known for co-discovering the structure of DNA along with James D. Watson.