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- Title
Guarding against the most dangerous emerging pathogens.
- Authors
Ewald, P W
- Abstract
Control of emerging infectious diseases will be difficult because of the large number of disease-causing organisms that are emerging or could emerge and the great diversity of geographic areas in which emergence can occur. The modern view of the evolution of pathogen virulence--specifically its focus on the tradeoff between costs and benefits to the pathogen from increased host exploitation--allows control programs to identify and focus on the most dangerous pathogens (those that can be established with high virulence in human populations).
- Publication
Emerging infectious diseases, 1996, Vol 2, Issue 4, p245
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.3201/eid0204.960401