Infectious diseases in the 21st century
Arch. med. res
;
28(2): 155-61, jul. 1997.
Article
in English
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RESUMO
Infectocontagious diseases in the twenty-first century with respecto precedent will see themselves deprived of smallpox, dracunculiasis and very probably of paralyzing poliomyelitis. Vaccination-preventable diseases, such as measles, whooping cough, diptheria, tatanus, rabies, some forms of meningitis, yellow fever and episodes of disseminated tuberculosi will greatly diminish in their rates of morbilethality; the elimination of some, and the eradication of measles, are expected. Other diseases such as diarrhea (including cholera), geohelminthiasis, some severe respiratory tract infections and the majority of vector-transmitted infectious diseases will decrease due to improvements in potable water services, drainage, sanitary food control, living quarters, and individual and community anti-vector action. Leprosy, onchocerciasis and several parasitoses will be controlled by the available antimicrobial drugs. Infectious diseases will cotinue to be an important health problem due to: Reduction in the immunocompetence resulting from the aging of the population, chemotherapies necessary for neoplasms, and autoimmune pathology and the survival of persons with primary immunodeficiencies; lifestyle prone to infectious pathology, such as megacity urbanization, children in day care centers, industrialized foods, intravenous drug addiction, sexual liberation, global commerce, and tourism; antibiotica-multiresistant microbial flora; environmental disturbances as a result of global warming, deforestation, the settling of virgin areas, dams, the large-scale use of pesticides, fertilizers generators of poverty, violence and deprivation will result in emergence or reemergence of infectious diseases already controlled in the past
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Main subject:
Drug Resistance, Microbial
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Communicable Disease Control
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Hygiene
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Communicable Diseases
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Vaccination
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Disease Susceptibility
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Forecasting
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Arch. med. res
Journal subject:
Medicine
Year:
1997
Type:
Article
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