Infection precautions

Infectious diseases are considered emerging when the number of persons who are contracting them increases over the previous 20 years or when such an increase is threatened. Those that are readily transferred from person to person have the potential to spread rapidly throughout the world. Among the recent emerging infections are severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), MERS CoV, Ebola, and, most recently, Zika virus. These are largely coronaviruses or influenza viruses and are spread via droplets, aerosols, or direct contact with respiratory secretions of someone with the infection.
Source: Dental Abstracts - Category: Dentistry Tags: The Big Picture Source Type: research