Xīnguān yìqíng ràng chuánrǎnbìngxué shòudào qiánsuǒwèiyǒu de guānzhù.
The COVID pandemic gave epidemiology unprecedented attention.
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The broader, more modern term is 流行病学 (liúxíngbìngxué, epidemiology in the population-statistics sense). 传染病学 leans toward the clinical study of specific contagious diseases; medical schools often have both as separate courses.