Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases

disease I'll get to in some of the latest slides how this disease which we surmised early on

started off in the male homosexual population in this country not that there was anything

intrinsically different or wrong or what have you about homosexuality it was very simple it's

straightforward epidemiology you take an infectious agent and you introduce it into a population

in which the spread among those individuals if it's sexual contact spread it's a perfect setup

to spread in any event what we had was a concentration of cases as you'll see here

in the new york metropolitan area new york city and new jersey and in los angeles an infectious

agent and you introduce it into a population you take an infectious agent and you introduce it

into a population you take an infectious agent and you introduce it into a population

in which the spread among those individuals

if it's sexual contact spread it's a perfect setup to spread