"International Epidemics: National Threats."

According to an abstract submitted by the author to the Fifth International Conference on Travel Medicine, held March 24-27, 1997, in Geneva, Switzerland, "Nature is full of surprises, and we will continue to be challenged by threats from infectious diseases, both real and perceived. Some pathogens may threaten all countries. A pandemic strain of influenza may disseminate easily and quickly through travel and migration; many factors such as urbanization, migration, travel, and social factors favor the transmission of human immunodeficiency virus on all continents. Some diseases, such as cholera and malaria, are largely confined to certain regions of the world; their resurgence, however,...

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