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REEMERGING DISEASE [1 record]

Record 1 2021-07-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Diseases - Various
  • Animal Diseases
  • Epidemiology
CONT

Reemerging diseases are diseases that reappear after they have been on a significant decline. Reemergence may happen because of a breakdown in public health measures for diseases that were once under control. They can also happen when new strains of known disease-causing organisms appear. Human behavior affects reemergence. For example, overuse of antibiotics has led to disease-causing organisms that are resistant to medicines. It has allowed a return of diseases that once were treatable and controllable.

OBS

Reemerging diseases include malaria, tuberculosis, cholera, pertussis, influenza, pneumococcal disease, and gonorrhea.

Key term(s)
  • re-emerging disease
  • re-emergent disease

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies humaines diverses
  • Maladies des animaux
  • Épidémiologie
CONT

[...] des affections comme la tuberculose que l'on croyait disparues ou maîtrisées, au moins dans nos pays, à niveau sanitaire satisfaisant, réapparaissent et s'étendent. On les considère comme des maladies réémergentes.

Spanish

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