ApocaDocs: Emerging Infectious Diseases On The Rise: Tropical Countries Predicted As Next Hot Spot

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Posted Fri Feb 22 2008: from University of Georgia:


	Emerging Infectious Diseases On The Rise: Tropical Countries Predicted As Next Hot Spot http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1203639104 "It's not just your imagination. Providing the first-ever definitive proof, a team of scientists has shown that emerging infectious diseases such as HIV, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), West Nile virus and Ebola are indeed on the rise. By analyzing 335 incidents of previous disease emergence beginning in 1940, the study has determined that zoonoses -- diseases that originate in animals -- are the current and most important threat in causing new diseases to emerge. And most of these, including SARS and the Ebola virus, originated in wildlife. Antibiotic drug resistance has been cited as another culprit, leading to diseases such as extremely drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR TB)."

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