Open AccessSelected aspects of infectious disease evolution in the modern world
Author(s) -
В В Малеев
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
kubanskij naučnyj medicinskij vestnik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2541-9544
pISSN - 1608-6228
DOI - 10.25207/1608-6228-2020-27-4-18-26
Subject(s) - infectious disease (medical specialty) , pandemic , outbreak , context (archaeology) , urbanization , disease , global health , antibiotic resistance , intensive care medicine , medicine , health care , covid-19 , development economics , environmental health , immunology , economic growth , biology , virology , antibiotics , ecology , economics , pathology , microbiology and biotechnology , paleontology
The article presents current views on the evolution of infectious processes and the role of infectious diseases in global healthcare. The reversion of the main components of epidemic processes leads to an atypical course of many infectious diseases and to the emergence of new transmission pathways. Urbanisation, global climate change, agroindustrial boost, migration waves and other factors provoked a cross-border expansion of many wild focal infections across countries and continents. The high morbidity and mortality of infectious diseases are determined by novel and “resurrecting” infections. The possibility of appearing both epidemic and pandemic outbreaks of emergent infections is as relevant as ever. In this context, the impact of modern scientic achievements on environmental microbiotic associations and human microbiome, as well as safety of medical technologies, is of paramount importance. Despite current progress in the drug therapy of infectious diseases, a serious emerging challenge is amplied antimicrobial resistance and drug interference.