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Ebola, Dengue fever, Lyme disease: The growing economic cost of infectious diseases

health worker with biohazard gear on

Stopping Ebola in its tracks calls for rapid control measures; long-term, is there a better way?

Credit: USAID


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Scientist Peter Daszak studies infectious disease transmission at a chicken farm in China.

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Our interaction with the environment is likely responsible for increasing infectious diseases.

Credit: NSF/Nicole Rager-Fuller


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Mosquitoes transmit the virus that causes the often-deadly disease dengue fever.

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Dengue fever is on-the-march across the Western Hemisphere, appearing in new regions.

Credit: CDC


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Where ticks are, Lyme disease may follow. Lyme is now rampant in many northeastern U.S. states.

Credit: NASA


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