Population Movements and Emerging Diseases
Journal of Travel MedicinePublished 1 December 1997Open access
Mary Wilson
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Human activities provide increased opportunities for genetic exchange among microbes and favor the selection and spread of resistant strains, which enhance the emergence andspread of infections.
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risk for new infections, also aid in the global dispersal of infections. Human activities provide increased opportunities for genetic exchange among microbes and favor the selection and spread of resistant strains. Population growth, increasing urbanization, and environmental change enhance the emergence and spread of infections. individual by about one order of magnitude. Travel for the individual increased by
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