Prevention and control of emerging infections: a challenge for the 3rd millennium
Rezza, G.
New Microbiologica 30(3): 358-361
2007
ISSN/ISBN: 1121-7138 PMID: 17802926 Document Number: 613082
In the last 30 years, several emerging infections due to novel viruses have been identified, from haemorrhagic fever viruses to HIV, from the SARS-Coronavirus to Avian influenza viruses. Ecological and genetic changes are important determinants of the emergence of new viral infections, driving to an increase of RO (the basic reproductive number) through increasing the probability of transmission. The cur-rent H5N1 epidemic may be considered a prepandemic paradigm that needs thorough investigation.