2022GMAT考试阅读题练习GMAT考试阅读题练习Althoughgeneticmutationsinbacteriaandvirusescanleadtoepidemics,someepidemicsarecausedbybacteriaandvirusesthathaveundergonenosignificantgeneticchange
Inanalyzingthelatter,scientistshavediscoveredtheimportanceofsocialandecologicalfactorstoepidemics
Poliomyelitis(poliomyelitis:n
小儿麻痹症,急性骨髓灰白质炎),forexample,emergedasanepidemicintheUnited第1页共6页Statesinthetwentiethcentury;bythen(bythen:到那时候),modernsanitationwasabletodelayexposuretopolio(POLIOMYELITIS)untiladolescenceoradulthood,atwhichtimepolioinfectionproducedparalysis
Previously,infectionhadoccurredduringinfancy,whenittypicallyprovidedlifelongimmunitywithoutparalysis
Thus,thehygienethathelpedpreventtyphoidepidemicsindirectlyfosteredaparalyticpolioepidemic
AnotherexampleisLymedisease,whichiscausedbybacteriathataretransm