Emergence and Re-Emergence of Infectious Diseases: Perpetual Threat to Public Health World Wide

  • Shomaila Sikandar
  • Ambreen Sabir Department of Biology, Lahore Garrison University, Lahore, Pakistan
  • Imran Afzal Department of Biology, Lahore Garrison University, Lahore, Pakistan
  • Amjad Khan Department of Biology, Lahore Garrison University, Lahore, Pakistan
  • sadaf Sarfraz Department of Chemistry, Lahore Garrison University, Lahore, Pakistan
  • Fouzia Qamar Department of Biology, Lahore Garrison University, Lahore, Pakistan
Keywords: Zoonotic, drug-resistant, antibiotics, HIV, communicable

Abstract

Now-a-days emerging and re-emerging infections worldwide are becoming the utmost problem for the development of mankind. Many different infections are considered to be zoonotic for humans (transferred from animals to humans). Emerging infections are those which are completely new contagion and affected new geographical locations. Infections are thought to be re-emerging that were important health problem globally or in a specific region, then diminished and once again appear and become the health issues for vast number of population. Although, zoonotic infective agents are most probably thought to be the cause of emergence and re-emergence of communicable diseases.

Author Biography

Shomaila Sikandar

Department of Biology, Lahore Garrison University, Lahore, Pakistan

Published
2020-04-22