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| Other authors / contributors: | Caraël, Michel.
Glynn, Judith R.
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| ISBN: | 9781402061745
1402061749
9781402061738 (pbk.)
1402061730 (pbk.)
9781402061721 (hbk.)
1402061722 (hbk.)
9786611117344
6611117342
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
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| Summary: | Forty years ago, the age-old battle against infectious diseases as a major threat to human health was believed close to being won. However, by the late twentieth century, the increase of emerging and reemerging infectious diseases was evident in both low and high income countries. About 30 new infectious diseases have been identified in the last 20 years. Among the?new? diseases, and most importantly, the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) epidemic, with 40 million persons infected and 25 million deaths since its first description, presents one of the most significant health, societal and sec.
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| Other form: | Print version: HIV, resurgent infections and population change in Africa. Dordrecht : Springer, c2007 9781402061738 1402061730
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