title: Patterns and predictability in emerging infections.
abstract: Many seemingly novel infections have a long history as zoonoses, and perhaps in sporadic human hosts; they gain access to new host populations through ecologic changes and human activity. identification of patterns in the emergence of such illnesses--ranging from influenza and Lyme disease to Ebola fever and AIDS--suggests that worldwide surveillance may be more feasible than once thought.
authors.affiliation: Rockefeller University, New York, N.Y., USA.
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Morse
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005544:Forecasting; D014943:Global Health; D018778:Hantavirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D011159:Population Surveillance; D012307:Risk Factors; D015047:Zoonoses