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Patterns and predictability in emerging infections.

Hosp Pract (Off Ed). 1996 Apr 15;31(4):85-91, 96-101, 104 passim. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96185942
Morse SS; Rockefeller University, New York, N.Y., USA.

Abstract: Many seemingly novel infections have a long history as zoonoses, and perhaps in sporadic human hosts; they gain access to new host populations through ecologic changes and human activity. identification of patterns in the emergence of such illnesses--ranging from influenza and Lyme disease to Ebola fever and AIDS--suggests that worldwide surveillance may be more feasible than once thought.
Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/VIROLOGY *Disease Outbreaks Epidemiology, Molecular Forecasting Hantavirus Infections/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/VIROLOGY Human Influenza/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/VIROLOGY Population Surveillance Risk Factors *World Health *Zoonoses JOURNAL ARTICLE REVIEW REVIEW, TUTORIALKWDacquiredimmunodeficiencysyndrome/KWDepidemiology/virologyKWDdiseaseoutbreaksepidemiology,molecularforecastinghantavirusinfections/KWDepidemiology/virologyhumaninfluenza/KWDepidemiology/virologypopulationsurveillanceriskfactorsKWDworldhealthKWDzoonosesjournalarticlereviewreview,tutorial
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