Wealthy, industrialized countries of the developed world successfully underwent the
“epidemiologic transition “from infectious diseases to degenerative diseases, but developing …

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Over the last century, infectious diseases have lost a lot of their threat to individuals' health
as well as to the health of populations living in industrialized countries. The continuous …

Abdel Omran's 1971 theory of epidemiological transition is an attempt to account for the
extraordinary advances in health care made in industrialized countries since the 18th …

The epidemiological transition was thought to be a unidirectional process, beginning when
infectious diseases were predominant and ending when noncommunicable diseases …

Background Concern intensifying that emerging infectious diseases and global
environmental changes that could generate major future human pandemics. Method A …

Systematic efforts to quantify and monitor the burden of specific health conditions in
populations, at the national level, started in the mid-1950s for malaria, poliomyelitis, and …

The main feature of the epidemiological transition is a shift in the recorded causes of death
from infectious diseases to other morbid conditions. This paper outlines modifications made …

Infectious diseases are the third leading cause of death in the United States and the leading
cause worldwide. As the new millennium approaches, the public health community must …

Predictions that infectious diseaseswould be eliminated as a major threat to human health
have been shattered by emerging and reemerging infections, among them …