ppt课件-diseaseemergenceandre-emergence.pptVIP

Emerging Infectious Diseases Detels - 10 Oct 2011 INFECTIOUS DISEASES IMPACT OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES 14th century - Europe - plague kills 20-45% of the world’s population 1831 - Cairo - 13% of population succumbs to cholera 1854-56 - Crimean war – deaths due to dysentery were 10 times higher than deaths due to casualties 1899-1902 - Boer War – deaths due to dysentery were 5 times higher than deaths due to casualties EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES Microbes and vectors swim in the evolutionary stream, and they swim faster than we do. Bact