A 47-year-old member asked:
What are the causes of the emergence and reemergence of infectious diseases?
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Dr. Yash Khannaanswered
Family Medicine 58 years experience
Many factors: There are many factors, some are
1 peoples resistant to get their children and themselves immunized due to ignorance
2 international travel which brings infectious disease from under developed countries to others
3 new unexpected disease like h1n1
4 over use of antibiotics causing resistant organisms.
5.2k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
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Could you tell me what are infectious diseases caused by?
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Dr. Michael Einanswered
Infectious Disease 49 years experience
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