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Emerging Disease or Emerging Diagnosis?
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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17K views12 years ago
Immunity and infectionEvidence and public healthInfectious diseaseEpidemiology and statisticsHistory of medicine
This video explores whether deadly viruses like Ebola and HIV are newly introduced or ancient pathogens we have only recently diagnosed.
Toward the end of the 20th century, deadly microbes seemed to be springing up out of nowhere: Lassa virus in 1969, Ebola virus in 1976 and HIV in the 1980s. Public health officials classified them as "emerging diseases," meaning they are newly introduced or rising rapidly in human populations. Recent data, however, suggest these viruses may instead have been circulating widely for hundreds or thousands of years. We may not be contending with emerging disease at all, but emerging diagnosis of ancient and frequent disease. This paradigm shift has implications towards countering these viruses now before they become global threats.Why it's here
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