Emerging and reemerging infectious diseases : A multidisciplinary perspective

Predictions that infectious diseases would be eliminated as a major threat to human health have been shattered by emerging and reemerging infections, among them acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), hemorrhagic fevers, marked increases in infections caused by antimicrobial-resistant bacteria, a...

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Published in:The American journal of the medical sciences 1998-02, Vol.315 (2), p.64-75
Main Authors: STEPHENS, D. S, MOXON, E. R, FARLEY, M. M, GLASGOW, A, GLASSER, J. W, KATNER, H. P, KELLEY, S, MITTLER, J, NAHMIAS, A. J, NICHOL, S, PERROT, V, PINNER, R. W, ADAMS, J, SCHRAG, S, SMALL, P, THRALL, P. H, ALTIZER, S, ANTONOVICS, J, ARAL, S, BERKELMAN, R, BOND, E, BULL, J, CAUTHEN, G
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Language:English
Subjects:
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome - epidemiology
AIDS/HIV
Bacteria - genetics
Bacterial Infections - epidemiology
Biological and medical sciences
Biological Evolution
Communicable Diseases - epidemiology
Communicable Diseases - transmission
General aspects
Humans
Infection pathogenesis
Infectious diseases
Malaria - epidemiology
Medical sciences
Models, Theoretical
Research - organization & administration
Research Design
Tuberculosis - epidemiology
Virulence
Virus Diseases - epidemiology
Viruses - genetics
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Summary:Predictions that infectious diseases would be eliminated as a major threat to human health have been shattered by emerging and reemerging infections, among them acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), hemorrhagic fevers, marked increases in infections caused by antimicrobial-resistant bacteria, and the resurgence of tuberculosis and malaria. Understanding the dynamics of emerging and reemerging infections is critical to efforts to reduce the morbidity and mortality of such infections, to establish policy related to preparedness for infectious threats, and for decisions on where to use limited resources in the fight against infections. In order to offer a multidisciplinary perspective, 23 infectious disease specialists, epidemiologists, geneticists, microbiologists, and population biologists participated in an open forum at Emory University on emerging and reemerging infectious diseases. As summarized below, the group addressed questions about the definition, the identification, the factors responsible for, and multidisciplinary approaches to emerging and reemerging infections.
ISSN:0002-9629
1538-2990
DOI:10.1097/00000441-199802000-00002