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Sort of... it's the study of health and illness of populations, and is the basis of logic used in interventional preventive medicine and public health. They do study epidemics, but there's more to it than that.

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What does an epidimiologist study?

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What does epi stand for in the word epidemic?

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Which God did the Egyptians believe caused epidemics?

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Is there a link between epidemics and population explosion?

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What is the only organism that can cause epidemics of meningitis?

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