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Epidemiology and Unique Aspects of Aging and Infectious Diseases

Author(s) -

Thomas T. Yoshikawa

Publication year - 2000

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/313792

Subject(s) - medicine , epidemiology , intensive care medicine , population ageing , population , medline , primary care , infectious disease (medical specialty) , gerontology , family medicine , disease , environmental health , pathology , political science , law

The elderly population will grow rapidly over the next 25 years. The majority of patients with serious or life-threatening infections will be old. It is imperative that primary care physicians and infectious diseases specialists become aware of and knowledgeable about the special and unique aspects of infections in the geriatric population.

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