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Emergent Disease

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Emergent Disease
A condition or infection which is unrecognized or underreported, through ignorance of the nosology’s range of clinical expression and/or the lack of a reliable test to identify its presence


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00 Hardcover TP418 Without revealing the date the first edition was published, De Rovira, a flavor chemist with his own company in New Jersey, mentions among the new topics incorporated here emergent diseases, the advent of neutraceuticals, the use of natural herbs and extracts in daily use, and the proliferation of new chemicals that are generally recognized as safe (GRAS) with the coordination of the European Union and the US positive lists.
Zoos were becoming like "field hospitals in a war zone" as they tried to help endangered animals from being overcome by habitat destruction, over-exploitation, invasive species, pollution and emergent diseases, he said.
The authors of the report further state that other factors underlying many instances of emergent diseases are poverty, lack of political will, and changes in climate, ecosystems and land use.
 
 
 
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