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Resurgent vector-borne diseases as a global health problem.
Vector-borne infectious diseases are emerging or resurging as a result of changes in public health policy, insecticide and drug resistance, shift in emphasis from prevention to emergency response, demographic and societal changes, and genetic changes in pathogens. Effective prevention strategies can...
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| Lenguaje: | English |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1998
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2640300/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9716967 |
| Sumario: | Vector-borne infectious diseases are emerging or resurging as a result of changes in public health policy, insecticide and drug resistance, shift in emphasis from prevention to emergency response, demographic and societal changes, and genetic changes in pathogens. Effective prevention strategies can reverse this trend. Research on vaccines, environmentally safe insecticides, alternative approaches to vector control, and training programs for health-care workers are needed. |
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