Sentences with phrase «about emerging infectious diseases»

Not only do we offer the best molecular and serology test options available, but we spend a significant amount of time working with researchers and clinicians around the world to generate new knowledge about emerging infectious diseases such as bartonellosis, borreliosis and other vector - borne infections.

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Much else could be written about health in the Asian Century, including the need to implement a sophisticated surveillance and control system for emerging infectious diseases.

The rise of modern, deadly plagues such as AIDS and SARS is particularly devastating because the «golden age of immunization during the last half century gave us a sense of triumphalism about infectious diseases,» says Stephen S. Morse, a Columbia University biologist and cofounder of ProMed, a global program for monitoring emerging infectious diseases.

«Being able to track the duration of fevers and the return of fevers could help us learn more about an influenza season as it is emerging and possibly provide information about other infections, including new emerging infectious diseases,» Polgreen says.

Following the largest Ebola epidemic in history last year, which claimed the lives of more than 11,000 people in West Africa and ultimately spread to the U.S., public health officials remain concerned about healthcare workers contracting Ebola or other emerging infectious diseases such as SARS and pandemic influenza, says Rachael Jones, UIC associate professor of environmental and occupational and health sciences, one of four co-investigators at UIC.

Following the largest Ebola epidemic in history last year, which claimed the lives of more than 11,000 people in West Africa and ultimately spread to the U.S., public health officials remain concerned about healthcare workers contracting Ebola or other emerging infectious diseases such as SARS and pandemic influenza.

In fact, Olshansky says, the threats posed by obesity and emerging infectious diseases such as AIDS are largely responsible for his pessimism about 150 - year life spans.

Still, «the ban could hamper our ability to learn about the epidemiology of neglected diseases emerging out of conflict zones», says infectious disease expert Peter Hotez at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas.

The best news is that our bat colleagues did not squander years arguing about the real and obvious effects of a mysterious emerging infectious disease — as we amphibian biologists did do.