Despite being so small they can’t be seen with the naked eye, pathogens that cause human disease have greatly affected the way humans live for centuries.
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Humans play host to many little passengers. Right now, you’re incubating, shedding or have already been colonised by viral, bacterial, parasitic or fungal microorganisms - perhaps even all of them.
With so many microbes capable of hijacking and destroying us, how are we, as a species, still enduring?
Here we explore our past and present struggles with the most significant infectious diseases human beings have faced.
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Associate Professor, Melbourne Health
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Associate Professor, Communicable Disease Control, The University of Queensland
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Adjunct Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine
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Dean, Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, James Cook University
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Virologist, The University of Queensland
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Infectious Diseases Fellow, Monash University