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VIRUS EMERGENT [1 record]

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Record 1 2021-09-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Microbiology and Parasitology
  • Viral Diseases
CONT

Most emergent viruses are zoonotic – i.e. they are acquired from animals that are reservoirs of infection.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Microbiologie et parasitologie
  • Maladies virales
CONT

La première étape nécessaire à toute émergence potentielle d'une maladie nouvelle est, bien sûr, le contact entre l'homme et l'agent infectieux responsable de celle-ci. Les virus émergents proviennent très souvent, mais non obligatoirement, d'un animal.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Microbiología y parasitología
  • Enfermedades víricas
DEF

[...] virus que ha aparecido recientemente, que aumenta notablemente en incidencia o en afectación geográfica o que puede aumentar en un futuro próximo[, y cuya] causa más frecuente [...] en humanos es la zoonosis.

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