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Review
. 1996 Oct-Dec;2(4):245-57.
doi: 10.3201/eid0204.960401.

Guarding against the most dangerous emerging pathogens

P W Ewald  1
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Review

Guarding against the most dangerous emerging pathogens

P W Ewald. Emerg Infect Dis. 1996 Oct-Dec.

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).

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