The world still faces several epidemics
of infectious, dangerous diseases to human
being. The World Health Organization (WHO)
continues to warn the world that infectious,
dangerous diseases to human beings is
not yet resolved even it tends increasingly
widespread.
Almost every year has found one to
three variants of new infectious diseases in
humans or an old disease reappeared. There
is a tendency for respiratory infections in
humans increases with the emergence of new
cases in the population, as indicated in certain
regions. WHO has announced a number of
disease that still threatens human being,
namely Dengue Fever, Tuberculosis (TBC),
Human Immunodeficiency Virus / Acquired
Immune Deficiency Syndrome (HIV / AIDS),
BSE (Mad Cow) or Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob
Disease (VCJD), Avian Influenza (H5N1) or
Avian Influenza, Severe Acute Respiratory
Syndrome (SARS), Swine Flu / H1N1 flu
virus), Middle East Respiratory Syndrome
(MERS), Ebola and Avian Influenza (H7N9) or
new variants of bird flu, as well as Zika virus.
Geographically, Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa,
Latin America and the Caribbean are identified
by the WHO as regions that are vulnerable to
the emergence of a dangerous disease.
The trend of respiratory infections
in humans is increasing with the
emergence of new cases.
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