Contemporary globalization, operating through its primary vehicle the multinational corporation, shifted the manufacturing centers of the world into the former developing world. Essential to the success of this relocation has been the creation of constantly innovating transportation and communication systems that move goods with steadily increasing rapidity and lowering costs, and a global information system based on constantly innovating communications technology and computer networks (16) . As is well known, these advances enhance the spread of disease throughout the world and vastly complicate efforts to establish effective controls.