Abstract
In 1950s, practitioners believed that the age-old battle of
mankind with microbes was finally stopped. Shortly thereafter that
concept has been completely changed following the occurrence of
major outbreaks caused either by new pathogens or traditional
resurging agents with a potential global spread [1]. Depending
on their evolutionary dynamics, the ability of #microorganisms
to cause diseases is rapidly changing and increasing over time
[2]. One potential example is the pathogens of animal origin (i.e.
zoonotic diseases) that have accounted for more than two thirds
among of emerging human infections, and therefore constitute a
serious human health hazard [3,4]. Disease emergence involves the
appearance of new pathogens as well as re-emergence of already
known ones [5]. The transfer of diseases to humans from #foodanimals is a particular problem and the situation is aggravated
by the spread of pathogens carrying resistomes (i.e. antimicrobial
resistant genes) such as #Salmonella, E. coli and #Staphylococcusaureus in food-producing animals owing to the overuse of
antimicrobials which present a public health risk by the transfer of
such resistant #pathogens eventually to humans [6,7].
The Eternal Battle between #Microbes and #Humans by Mostafa FN Abushahba in BJSTR
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