Infectious Disease

Despite a century of often successful prevention and control efforts, infectious diseases remain an important global problem in public health, causing over 13 million deaths each year. Changes in society, technology, and the microorganisms themselves are contributing to the emergence of new diseases, the re-emergence of diseases once controlled, and the development of antimicrobial resistance. The effective control of infectious diseases in the new millennium will require effective public health infrastructures that will rapidly recognize and respond to them and prevent emerging problems.