Emerging and reemerging diseases in Brazil: data of a recent history of risks and uncertainties

This article discusses the emergence and reemergence of infectious diseases on the basis of a review of the literature. It shows the critical situations faced worldwide and in special Brazil's susceptible position due to its complexity, mostly represented by the mega-biodiversity of the country...

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Main Authors: Telma Abdalla de Oliveira Cardoso, Marli B.M. de Albuquerque Navarro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702007000400013&lng=en&tlng=en