title: Emerging infectious diseases: public health issues for the 21st century.
abstract: Infectious diseases are the third leading cause of death in the United States and the leading cause worldwide. As the new millennium approaches, the public health community must replenish capacity depleted during years of inadequate funding while simultaneously incorporating new technologies and planning for the longer term. Among the challenges facing the public health community is the need for coordinated, global, multisectoral approaches to preventing and controlling complex infectious disease problems.
authors.affiliation: Division of Parasitic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases (NCID), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), F-22, 4770 Buford Highway, NE, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA. scb1@cdc.gov
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Binder
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Levitt
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Sacks
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Hughes
mesh_terms: D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000639:trends; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D004782:Environmental Health; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D011159:Population Surveillance; D015980:Public Health Practice; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014611:Vaccination