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As a health officer, you have been asked to discuss the subject of epidemiology to high school students getting ready to enroll in Winterton College.

Your task is as follows:

1. Define to them the field of epidemiology.
2. Briefly list a historical evolution of epidemiology.
3. Explain the terms outbreak and epidemic.
4. Be sure to provide in-text citation(s) and a reference list to support your viewpoints. Please use at least three (3) research sources (not Wikipedia, or fact sheets). Please do so in ALL subsequent submissions.

Assignment Expectations

Length: 2–3 pages.

Your work will be evaluated based on the grading rubric criteria. Review it before you begin working on the assignment.

WHO (2014). Infectious Diseases. Retrieved on 4/11/14 from http://www.who.int/topics/infectious_diseases/en/

WHO (2014). Vector-borne diseases. Retrieved on 4/11/14 from http://www.who.int/heli/risks/vectors/vector/en/

Healthline (2014). Disease Transmission. Retrieved on 4/11/14 from http://www.healthline.com/health/disease-transmission

About John Snow (2014). Retrieved on 4/11/14 from http://johnsnowbicentenary.lshtm.ac.uk/about-john-snow/

John Snow and the Broad Street Pump (2014). Cricket 31(3), pp. 23-31, Nov. 2003. Retrieved on 4/11/14 from http://www.ph.ucla.edu/epi/snow/snowcricketarticle.html

BBC History (2014). John Snow (1813 – 1858). Retrieved on 4/11/14 from http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/snow_john.shtml