Disease Outbreaks

Nebraska Medical Center experts warn of new, old disease threats

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, April 27th, 2004

Emerging infectious diseases and their resistance to antibiotics are among challenges facing health officials, a University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) doctor said.

Steven Hinrichs, MD, a member of UNMC's department of Pathology and Microbiology, was among those speaking at the first in a series of mini-medical school sessions satellite-linked across the state.

In the late 1970s, many doctors thought there wouldn't be a need to include courses in infectious disease and microbiology in medical school curriculum, Hinrichs said. They believed they had eradicated infectious diseases.

Instead, doctors are now dealing with AIDS,...

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Source: TB and Outbreaks Week (2004-04-27)

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