Emerging viruses in human populations /

• Other Authors: Tabor, Edward
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, 2007.
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Series: Perspectives in medical virology ; v. 16.
• Subjects: Virus diseases > Epidemiology.; Zoonoses.; MEDICAL > Preventive Medicine.; MEDICAL > Forensic Medicine.; MEDICAL > Public Health.; Virusinfecties.; Infectieziekten.; Maladies à virus > Épidémiologie.; Virologie.; Virussjukdomar.; Virus Diseases > epidemiology.; Communicable Diseases, Emerging.; Humans.; Electronic books.

Infectious diseases are an ever present threat to humans. In recent years, the threat of these emerging viruses has been greater than ever before in human history, due in large part to global travel by larger numbers of people, and to a lesser extent to disruptions in the interface between developed...