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Volume 1, Number 2—April 1995
Perspective

Travel and the Emergence of Infectious Diseases

Mary E. WilsonComments to Author 
Author affiliation: Harvard School of Public Health and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Member: Harvard Working Group on New and Resurgent Infectious Diseases.

Main Article

Table 2

What is carried by humans into new regions?

Pathogens in or on body
Microbiologic flora
Vectors on body
Immunologic sequelae of past infections
Vulnerability to infections
Genetic makeup
Cultural preferences, customs, behavioral patterns, technology
Luggage and whatever it contains

Main Article

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