
A brief guide to emerging viruses (Part 2)
Howard CR
Journal of Microbes and Infections ›› 2011, Vol. 6 ›› Issue (3) : 179-187.
A brief guide to emerging viruses (Part 2)
Public health is influenced by the interactions between social conditions, the environment as much as it is by the evolution of pathogens. Changes in the natural environment are playing an ever-increasing role in determining disease patterns. Today's increasingly variable climate is accelerating this rate of change, often compounded by economic instability, the ravages of war, and natural disasters. Acting together, these factors are the prime contributors to the global emergence, resurgence and redistribution of infectious disease...
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