We live in an ever more connected global village linked through international travel, politics,
economics, culture and human–human and human–animal interactions. The realization that …

Infectious diseases are a significant burden on public health and economic stability of
societies all over the world. They have for centuries been among the leading causes of …

Special Issue new technologies to the detection, identification, and interdiction of emerging
diseases, by expanding research on ecologic and environmental factors influencing disease …

Emerging infectious diseases represent a major challenge to human health worldwide. The
risk of evolving new infectious pathogens has been intensifying due to urbanization …

Infectious diseases present a formidable threat to the world today. Not only are new
infectious diseases emerging, but those presumed to be contained or eradicated are re …

The emergence of novel infectious diseases, and the re-emergence of others, is not new.
The global ecosystem is constantly changing, influencing the micro-and macroenvironments …

Infectious diseases and the pathogens that cause them have posed significant public health
threats for millennia, and plagued mankind since the dawn of humanity (Tables 1 and 2). 1 …

The world has developed an elaborate global health system as a bulwark against known
and unknown infectious disease threats. The system consists of various formal and informal …

Background New emerging and reemerging infectious disease outbreaks have continued to
cause much human suffering and loss of life worldwide. During the past 2 decades, several …

Emerging infectious diseases are one category of emerging risks that could have important
consequences for human populations–microbial predators are as threatening to human …