Infectious Diseases Have Been a Scourge to Mankind?
Infekčné choroby – trvalý údel ľudstva?
V prehľadnom článku sa uvádzajú základné príčiny rozširujúceho sa spektra infekčných chorôb a zmien ich klinických a epidemiologických charakteristík. Ide o zmeny na úrovni patogénnych agensov, ich hostiteľov a prostredia. Uvádzajú sa dôvody ďalšieho vývoja infekčných chorôb.
Kľúčové slová:
infekčné choroby – mikroorganizmy – hostitelia – prostredie.
Authors:
P. Bakoss
Authors‘ workplace:
Ústav epidemiológie Lekárskej fakulty Univerzity Komenského, Bratislava
Published in:
Epidemiol. Mikrobiol. Imunol. 54, 2005, č. 2, s. 47-53
Overview
A synopsis of basic causes of the extended number of infectious diseases and changes of their clinical and epidemiological features is brought about in the article. The question is of changes of the pathogenic agents, their hosts and environment. Reasons of further evolution of infectious diseases are given.
Key words:
infectious diseases – microbes – hosts – environment.
Labels
Hygiene and epidemiology Medical virology Clinical microbiologyArticle was published in
Epidemiology, Microbiology, Immunology
2005 Issue 2
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