What Is New in Infectious Diseases?
The practice of infectious diseases is an ever-changing discipline. Diseases such as syphilis and tuberculosis have been with mankind for millennia, whereas conditions such as AIDS and Zika virus are relatively new maladies. A working knowledge of clinical presentations associated with Zika virus infection, syphilis, and common parasitic infections will help the primary care provider determine whom to treat and whom to refer to a specialist. Increasing the use of vaccination for influenza and pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV infection should reduce the burden of these common diseases.
professor of medicine, Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University; chief, Division of Infectious Diseases, Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina cookp@ecu.edu.
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