The smallest infectious particle. It is an infectious strand of protein which replicates and leads to disease, and is similar to a virus. Prions are the causative agents of diseases such as mad cow disease and Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease. Protozoa A single-celled parasitic organism that can only...
Author links open overlay panelJennifer LoutenShow more Add to Mendeley Share Cite https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-800947-5.00016-8Get rights and contentAbstract An emerging infectious disease (EID) is defined as a disease caused by a pathogen that has not been observed previously within a...
Cai et al. BMC Infectious Diseases (2024) 24:403 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-024-09252-w BMC Infectious Diseases RESEARCH Open Access The global patent landscape of emerging infectious disease monkeypox Yuanqi Cai1, Xiaoming Zhang2, Kuixing Zhang1, Jingbo Liang3, Pingping ...
Fungal endophthalmitis is a sight-threatening disease most commonly caused byCandidaspecies.Candidaendophthalmitis can result most often from hematogenous dissemination. Even though the use of prophylactic systemic antifungal therapy decreases the prevalence of ocular involvement during fungemia, it is important...
During epidemics with emerging infections, all new tests must, in general, quickly go through three steps: the test must be developed, its clinical performance assessed, and then information on its performance incorporated into infectious disease modelling to inform public health decision-making. Each...
Examples of Reemerging Infectious Diseases Most of the important reemerging infectious disease agents first appeared long ago, but have survived and persisted by adapting to changing human populations and to environments that have been altered by humans. Dengue virus and West Nile virus (WNV), ...
Emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) are an increasing threat to public health on a global scale. In recent times, the most prominent outbreaks have constituted RNA viruses, spreading via droplets (COVID-19 and Influenza A H1N1), directly between humans (
“quarantine diseases”; AIDS, aquired immune deficiency syndrome; AMD, advanced molecular detection; BTWC, the United Nations’ convention on the prohibition of biological weapons; CIDARS, The China Infectious Disease Automated-alert and Response System; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; HPAI H5N1,...
Information Resources for Emerging Infectious Diseases Numerous EIDs, some of which constitute potential risks to international travelers, are discussed in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the United States. Several hundred emer...
The world’s scientific community must be in a state of constant readiness to address the threat posed by newly emerging infectious diseases. Whether the disease in question is SARS in humans or BSE in animals, scientists must be able to put into action various disease containment measures when...