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The investigation of emerging and re-emerging viral diseases: a paradign
1Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Universidad Central del Caribe School of Medicine, Bayamón, Puerto Rico 00960-6032.
Boletin De La Asociacion Medica De Puerto Rico
|July 1, 1997
Abstract:
Emerging virus infections are defined as previously nonthreatening viruses that can decimate new populations by finding fresh hosts and vectors--often with the help of humans who introduce new species into virgen environment, Several etiologic agents of these diseases, some of the interacting factors that contribute to their development and the role of molecular medicine in their understanding is discussed.