Emerging infectious diseases
From Library of Congress Subject Headings
Emerging infectious diseases
URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2003008316
- info:lc/authorities/sh2003008316
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh2003008316#concept
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
Collection Membership(s)
Variants
- Emerging infections
- New infectious diseases
- Re-emerging infectious diseases
- Reemerging infectious diseases
Broader Terms
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Sources
- found: Work cat.: 2003064588: Germ warriors : stories of the men and women who fight the world's worst diseases from tuberculosis to smallpox, c2003: CIP galley (emergence of new diseases; emerging infections)
- found: Google search, Nov. 7, 2003 ("Emerging infectious diseases", overwhelming usage with 138,000 hits)
- found: CDC journal: Emerging infectious diseases web site, Nov. 13, 2003 ("Infectious diseases whose incidence in humans has increased in the past 2 decades or threatens to increase in the near future have been defined as 'emerging.' These diseases, which respect no national boundaries, include: new infections resulting from changes or evolution of existing organisms, known infections spreading to new geographic areas or populations; previously unrecognized infections appearing in areas undergoing ecologic transformation; and old infections reemerging as a result of antimicrobial resistance in known agents or breakdowns in public health measures.")
- found: MeSH (Communicable Diseases, Emerging x Infectious Diseases, Emerging)
- found: Alltheweb search, Nov. 13, 2003 (new infectious diseases, re-emerging infectious diseases, reemerging infectious diseases)
Change Notes
- 2003-11-10: new
- 2003-12-12: revised
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