1. [Globalization and infectious diseases].
- Author
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Garavelli PL and Peduzzi P
- Subjects
- Animals, Birds, Humans, Influenza in Birds mortality, Influenza, Human mortality, Risk Factors, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome mortality, World Health Organization, Communicable Disease Control, Communicable Diseases epidemiology, Communicable Diseases, Emerging epidemiology, Disease Outbreaks, Global Health, Influenza in Birds epidemiology, Influenza, Human epidemiology, Mpox (monkeypox) epidemiology, Public Health, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome epidemiology
- Abstract
We live in an ever more connected global village linked through international travel, politics, economics, culture and human-human and human-animal interactions. In public health a similar combination of factors can be seen. Today the concept of globalization including global exposure to infectious diseases is becoming more apparent. In 2003 outbreaks included monkeypox , SARS and avian influenza. This article examines some basic problems to infectious diseases emergence and control.
- Published
- 2006