Re-emergence of agents whose incidence of disease had significantly ... as the swine H1N1 virus would be a very serious threat to human health. An example of an emerging infectious disease that can be ...

The majority of agents that cause disease in humans are viruses or bacteria, although the parasite that causes malaria is a notable example of a protozoan. There are a number of different routes by ...

It is caused by an infectious agent whose precise identity is still ... it also provides classic examples of uncertainty in the process of science, the complex and vital relationship between ...

Recent high-profile outbreaks have highlighted the global risk that infectious agents, both new and old ... we have the historic examples of plague and the influenza outbreak of 1918 to inform ...

While malaria is the best-understood example of an infectious disease that has driven ... some of our most complex and challenging selective agents. In particular, researchers can look for ...