Intersecting Paths of Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases

Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases of Animals and Plants

Emerging and reemerging infectious diseases: the perpetual challenge.

Public health officials once suggested that it might someday be possible to "close the book" on the study and treatment of infectious diseases. However, it is now clear that endemic diseases as well as newly emerging ones (e.g., severe acute respiratory syndrome [SARS]), reemerging ones (e.g., West Nile virus), and even deliberately disseminated infectious diseases (e.g., anthrax from bioterror...

New and Reemerging Infectious Diseases

virus persistence, and flaviviral recombination as a mechanism of flaviviral evolution. In addition, data were presented that illustrated the persistence of, and immune modulation by, alphaviruses, which, in concert, allow the virus to replicate while preventing the host from responding to its benefit. Other than the classical techniques of preventing infection, little was mentioned about disea...

Emerging and Reemerging Diseases and Globalization

After 9/11, the literature on health policy and infectious diseases placed considerable emphasis on bioterrorism and national security issues, refl ect-ing the permanently altered perceptions of America and other nations with

Emerging and Reemerging Clostridia in Human Diseases

Background During the past decade, considerable attention was directed toward the emergence and reemergence of various viral, fungal, parasitic and bacterial infectious diseases as significant threats to public health. (6, 14) Included among the published lists of specific infectious diseases and agents are those caused by several aerobic bacterial pathogens, with no or only limited recognition...