Abstract:Everyone agrees that etiological agents of infectious disease show no respect for international frontiers and are thus a natural subject for international cooperation. Opponents of the ECID proposal think that the combat of emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases can be achieved by a network of existing national centres and electronic communication. The ECID proposal however while it envisages a "centre with walls" also includes the need for outstations and collaborative centres in the different countries… Show more
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