Emerging and Re-Emerging Diseases

Wen-Hung Wang^{1

2}, Arunee Thitithanyanont³, Aspiro Nayim Urbina¹, Sheng-Fan Wang^{1

4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Center for Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan.
² Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical, University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan.
³ Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand.
⁴ Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan.
⁵ Department of Medical Research, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan.

Editorial

Wen-Hung Wang et al. Pathogens. 2021.

. 2021 Jun 30;10(7):827.

doi: 10.3390/pathogens10070827.

Wen-Hung Wang^{1

2}, Arunee Thitithanyanont³, Aspiro Nayim Urbina¹, Sheng-Fan Wang^{1

4

5}

¹ Center for Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan.
² Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical, University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan.
³ Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand.
⁴ Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan.
⁵ Department of Medical Research, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan.

Abstract

Throughout history, infectious diseases have vastly impacted human civilization [...].

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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