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EMERGING DISEASES: DEFINITIONS<br />

• Has increased in <strong>the</strong> past 20 years<br />

• Comprise at least 12 % <strong>of</strong> infections<br />

• Types are:<br />

-newly identified organism or a new strain<br />

eg. SARS, AIDS<br />

-change due to evolution<br />

eg. Influenza H1N1

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