Infectious diseases are not banished

Article Abstract:

Funding for the surveillance and reporting of communicable diseases has declined in Europe and the US during the last twenty years, and as a result the threat of epidemics has increased. Tuberculosis, AIDS, Malaria, Lyme disease, yellow fever and other microbial diseases pose serious threats as they mutate genetically and develop resistance to drugs. Also, changes in human behavior, such as spending more time in wooded areas, expose larger populations to disease vectors.

Editorial, Economic aspects, Diseases, Public health, Disease reporting

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Vaccines against intracellular infections requiring cellular immunity

Article Abstract:

The mechanisms for maintaining long-lived cellular immune responses in vivo are explained and the state of current vaccine research is discussed, focusing on vaccines that induce strong cellular immune responses.

Research, Vaccines, Immune system

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Changing patterns of infectious disease

Article Abstract:

A review of the changing patterns of infectious disease in the 20th century and how emerging infections should be treated in the 21st century is presented.

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