New infections in the new world

... rarities in today’s world. However, infectious diseases have not disappeared - their nature and causes for their spread have changed. High mobility and ageing of the population in industrially-developed countries, a rising share of chronic and latent infections, bioterrorism and rejection of conventional medicine – these and other factors will shape the world’s epidemiological environment in the short-term. Some challenges are evident already today, others are unpredictable, but it is ...