To insist that public health officials and others embrace the concept of syndemic disease is consistent with the understanding that
A) Simultaneous infection by more than one pathogen can lead to more complex health conditions.
B) Interventions directed at only one component of interacting diseases and behaviors are inadequate.
C) The poor nutrition, social instability, and violence experienced by those targeted by interventions exacerbate the combined effects of disease.
D) Prevention efforts must address complex entanglements characteristic of syndemic conditions.
E) All of the above.
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