Essay
Superinfection as an index of pathogen strain emergence within a persistently infected host reservoir
2009
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/2469
Abstract
Infectious diseases account for 29 out of the 96 major causes of morbidity identified by the World Health Organization (WHO), and claim the lives of approximately 14 million people per year (26). Many of the most deadly infectious diseases are caused by "emergent" pathogens, which are those appearing in a population for the first time, such as the sudden emergence of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) into human populations in the late twentieth century (5). The genetic mechanisms and epidemiological motive forces that underlie pathogen emergence are poorly understood, and a better understanding of these mechanisms is fundamental to the ability to better predict emergent events, and will inform new strategies of disease control.
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- Title
- Superinfection as an index of pathogen strain emergence within a persistently infected host reservoir
- Creators
- Matt Grimes (Author)
- Contributors
- Guy Palmer (Advisor)
- Academic Unit
- Honors Theses (WSU Pullman, Passed with Distinction)
- Identifiers
- 99900590744301842
- Copyright
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- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Essay