Erwin chargaff

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With the past of the years have been discovered many vaccines to eradicate polio, smallpox, diphtheria, and other dangerous diseases. Scientist struggled to control all these epidemics, the discovery of potent antibiotics were one of the solutions. But when scientist challenged with the discovery of HIV and HCV they realized that now on future diseases can be so much mortal for the society andworld. So the 1990's brought us the realization that our antibiotics would not be 100% effective. Diseases formerly controlled by antibiotics were becoming resistant to the drugs.
Its human fault the emergence of all this new diseases, with all the destruction that had caused the planet is to exploit. Our climate is changing rapidly, and with this change, we are seeing emerging and re-emergingof diseases each time more powerful.
AIDS, SARS, tuberculosis, Ebola are just some of the diseases that can spread faster than ever before in a world of modern high-speed transportation.
New diseases can be so deadly in many different ways as example we can mention swine flu that is so contagious but not mortal in healthy people and in the other hand is the avian influence that no matter howhealthy you are is a high probability to die if you get infected
Averages of three new diseases are described every two years and a new infecting organism is published every week. Over 1,600 human pathogens have been reported, each with a specific set of phenotypic, genomic and susceptibility characteristics which must be confronted by diagnostic laboratories and clinicians. The pathogens are inturn confronted by 276 generic anti-infective agents and 67 vaccines marketed under 10,493 proprietary names.
Seen this we can say that we are in serious troubles, but we have to see farther, we have to start to think that diseases like fever of the mad cow, SIDA are everyone’s problem we cannot only say scientist will take care. AT this point that is not enough to fix this huge problem.
In the21st century a lot of important infectious diseases have emerged. An average of three new diseases is discovered every two years and a new infecting organism is published every week. Over 1,600 human pathogens have been reported, each with characteristics which must be confronted by diagnostic laboratories. The pathogens are also confronted by 276 generic anti-infective agents and 67 vaccines.Many diseases of this time are in fact old diseases which were only discovered when technology allowed us to recognize their presence. This is also true of many new pathogens, which could only be discovered because of the invention of molecular biology and other advanced laboratory techniques.

While technology has allowed us to discover and treat new diseases and pathogens, it has alsocontributed to the evolution of the diseases themselves. Broad-spectrum antibiotics, immunosuppressive drugs, prosthetic and transplantation surgery have each created a niche for opportunistic pathogens.

For the prolongation of human life we have to confront a huge large list of infectious diseases create the ability to treat fatal diseases is inevitably diseases challenges will be one of the mostimportant problems in the future.

Diseases will increase by the action of many factors like social pressures, overpopulation, air travel, global warming, conflict, famine, deforestation and bioterrorism.

Major Infectious Diseases reported since 1972
Year Agent Disease
1973 Rotavirus Rotavirus disease
1975 Parvovirus B19 Fifth disease
1976 Cryptosporidium parvum Cryptosporidiosis1977 Ebola virus Ebola
1977 Legionella pneumophila Legionellosis
1977 Hantavirus Hemorrhagic fevers
1977 Campylobacter jejuni Campylobacteriosis
1980 T-lymphotrophic virus T-cell leukemia
1981 Toxigenic S. aureus Toxic shock síndrome
1982 E. coli O157:H7 Hemorrhagic colitis, HUS
1982 HTLV-II Hairy cell leukemia
1982 Borrelia burgdorferi Lyme disease
1983 HIV AIDS
1985 Enterocytozoon...
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