Tag: <span>zoonotic agents</span>

The last decade witnessed remarkable scientific and technological advances in a number of scientific disciplines, including cell biology, microbiology, molecular biology, oncology, virology, infectious diseases, diagnostic technologies, analytical chemistry, instrumentation, and informatics. These advances have had a major impact on medicine, which has experienced fantastic progress in improving disease diagnosis, treatment, and overall patient care. Despite the advances in developing ever more sophisticated technologies and increasing the understanding of disease, new maladies continue to emerge. This is especially true for infectious ailments. Despite great developments in epidemiology, diagnostics, and agent detection technologies, as well as a comprehensive understanding of the biology of many known infectious agents and their virulence factors, we also are witnessing a dramatic increase in the number of new agents and diseases….