Resistance to anti-infective drugs and the threat to public health.
Increasing resistance of pathogens to anti-infective drugs is an urgent public health problem that must be addressed through more prudent use of these drugs in human medicine and in animal husbandry, agriculture, and aquaculture.
World Health Organization, Geneva 27 1211, Switzerland. heymannd@who.int
David L
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Heymann
D000383:Agriculture; D000822:Animal Husbandry; D000818:Animals; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000191:economics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D017756:Aquaculture; D005075:Biological Evolution; D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000379:methods; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D005544:Forecasting; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D007239:Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality*; D011634:Public Health; D014611:Vaccination
D000890:Anti-Infective Agents