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Emerging infectious disease detection and control often hampered by incomplete information

Published in Blood Weekly, April 6th, 2006

Detection and control of emerging infectious diseases are often hampered by incomplete information.

According to a recent report published in the journal Haemophilia, "New pathogens and antimicrobial-resistant forms of older pathogens continue to emerge, some with the potential for rapid, global spread and high morbidity and mortality.

"Pathogens can emerge either through introduction into a new population or when the interaction with the vector changes; emergence is also influenced by microbiological adaptation and change, global travel patterns, domestic and wild animal contact and other variants in human ecology and behavior."

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