ISSN: 2640-2653
The Importance of Data in the Research of Infectious Diseases
Infectious diseases have been posing severe health
hazards and morbidity cases across the globe for quite a
few decades now. The perspective cannot be overlooked
at any cost when the World Health Organization shows
records of about 17 million cases annually in the world. In
2016, there were three communicable diseases among the
top ten causes of death. This further emphasizes the
harshness of the situation in relation to infectious
diseases. Infectious diseases are mostly associated with
environmental conditions and there are about 12.6
million cases of death that occur corresponding to
environmental factors each year. It is even confirmed by
researchers that there are about 30 new emerging
infectious diseases over the past 20 years. Following
these documentations, it is not surprising that this topic
of research has attracted biologists, environmentalists,
anthropologists, mathematicians and many other science
field workers. The significance of data in any study is very
well known as this is what gives bones to the conclusions
made. When considering the subject of infectious diseases
which is directly linked to human population and
morbidity, the inference becomes even more compelling.
A handful of infectious disease subdivisions are discussed
herewith to highlight the importance of data availability
for these researches.
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