Reemergence of Established Pathogens in the 21st Century (Emerging Infectious Diseases of the 21st Century)
Contributors: I.W. Fong (Editor); Karl Drlica (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: June 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9780306475009
Subjects: Infectious & contagious diseases; Microorganisms; Science; Medical / Nursing; Medical; Immunology; Infectious Diseases; Microbiology; Medical / Infectious Diseases; Medical : Immunology; Medical : Microbiology; Life Sciences - Biology - Microbiology; Communicable Diseases, Emergin; Communicable Diseases, Emerging; Communicable diseases; Drug resistance in microorgani; Drug resistance in microorganisms; Epidemiology; etiology
First sentence: Emerging infections can be defined as those diseases that have newly appeared in the population, or have existed but are rapidly increasing in incidence or geographic range.