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Emerging infectious diseases in the 21st century.

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The emergence of novel infectious diseases, and the re-emergence of others, is not new. The global ecosystem is constantly changing, influencing the micro- and macroenvironments in which humans and their microbial companions reside and interact. Sometimes the environmental circumstances favour the pathogen and there is an unexpected increase in disease activity or emergence of a new infection. Alternatively, pathogenicity factors are acquired by the microbe, allowing new diseases to emerge or...

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MPLS
Department:
Engineering Science
Sub department:
Institute of Biomedical Engineering
Role:
Author
Journal:
Current opinion in infectious diseases
Volume:
13
Issue:
3
Pages:
265-275
Publication date:
2000-06-01
DOI:
EISSN:
1473-6527
ISSN:
0951-7375
Language:
English
Pubs id:
pubs:122277
UUID:
uuid:6b73972c-0843-4a76-908c-3c4ff6058f2f
Local pid:
pubs:122277
Source identifiers:
122277
Deposit date:
2012-12-19

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