Population Mobility and Infectious Disease

Population Mobility and Infectious Disease
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Download or read book Population Mobility and Infectious Disease written by Yorghos Apostolopoulos and published by Springer. This book was released on 2010-11-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the complex roles of mobile, transient, and displaced populations in the worldwide spread of disease. While biomedical events cause disease, social forces such as poverty and marginalization magnify them by giving them opportunities to take hold. From Katrina to Darfur, and from influenza to AIDS, an expert panel of health and social scientists brings the social context of epidemics into clear focus.


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