Stephens DS, Moxon ER, Adams J, Altizer S, Antonovics J, Aral S, Berkelman R, Bond E, Bull J, Cauthen G, Farley MM, Glasgow A, Glasser JW, Katner HP, Kelley S, Mittler J, Nahmias AJ, Nichol S, Perrot V, Pinner RW, Schrag S, Small P, Thrall PH. Emerging and reemerging infectious diseases: a multidisciplinary perspective.
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315:64-75. [PMID:
9472905 DOI:
10.1097/00000441-199802000-00002]
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Abstract
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.
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