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Adding to the overload of infectious diseases, we are also witnessing an increase

in the number of new (emerging) and older (reemerging) diseases. AIDS, hepatitis C,
West Nile virus, and tuberculosis are examples. It is becoming clear that human
actions in the form of reforestation, industrial farming techniques, and chemical and
antibiotic usage can foster the emergence or reemergence of particular infectious
diseases

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