Public Health: Emerging and Re-emerging Issues

emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases: public health perspective

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Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases: Public Health Perspective

DEAR EDITOR, There have been threats of new diseases emerging due to the evolution/adaptation of microbes and the re-emergence of old diseases due to the development of antimicrobial resistance. Many factors have contributed to the emergence of infectious disease such as unplanned and under-planned urbanization; increased exposure of humans to disease vectors/reservoirs; rapid population growth...

emerging and re-emerging zoonoses

Emerging Issues for the Public Health Laboratory1

Economic disparity affects the health of persons around the world, and various societal, environmental, and economic factors influence the emergence of infectious diseases. Similarly, emerging infectious diseases have a social and economic impact, including diminished economic productivity, increased expenditures on public heath, deferred external investment and development, and reduced travel ...

Rickets: A re-emerging public health problem in Canada?