Moroccans descended from Berbers, Arabs, and Black Africans exactly like the neighboring Maghrebians. The Berbers are the prehistoric populations of Morocco and are related to the wider group of Paleo-Mediterranean peoples. The Afroasiatic family may have originated in the Mesolithic period, perhaps in the context of the Capsian culture.
Epidemiologic triangle model of disease causation. A common model used in public health illustrates the relationships among an agent, a host and the environment. It applies to biological, chemical and physical agents.
epidemiology. 1  the branch of medicine that investigates the causes and control of epidemics. 2  all the elements contributing to the occurrence or nonoccurrence of a disease in a population; ecology of a disease.