Villages wiped out: why infectious diseases are so much more harmful to isolated peoples
- Written by: Maxine Whittaker, Dean, Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, James Cook University
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This article is the first of a three-part package exploring immunity and infectious diseases around the world.
Sadly, as I write this piece, three isolated rural communities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are being “invaded” by an...
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