In the movie "Contagion",one person who has become infected with a recombinant pathogenic virus spreads it to a large number of people who she comes in contact with.Those people then spread it to others,and,before you know it,the disease has spread all over the world.This is an example of a _______ epidemic.

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In a propagated epidemic, the disease spreads person-to-person, as each infected individual passes the disease along to others. This is exactly what happens in the movie "Contagion," with the infected person spreading the virus to multiple others who then spread it further. A point-source epidemic is caused by exposure to a single contaminated source, while a common-source epidemic is caused by exposure to a contaminated source that affects many people at once. An endemic disease is constantly present in a given population or region.

In the Movie "Contagion",one Person Who Has Become Infected with a Recombinant