Reemergence of Established Pathogens in the 21st Century

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Fong, I. W. (Editor), Drlica, Karl (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2003.
• Series: Emerging Infectious Diseases of the 21st Century, Infections and the Cardiovascular System: New Perspectives ; 2
• Subjects: Medicine.; Immunology.; Medical microbiology.; Cardiology.; Infectious diseases.; Medicine & Public Health.; Infectious Diseases.; Medical Microbiology.

In the closing decade of the last century, we saw warnings that infectious diseases will require much more attention from patients and physicians in the 21 st century. Recently d- covered diseases such as AIDS pose a major threat to the population at large, and to that threat has been added the re-e...