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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
why infectious diseases are so much more harmful to isolated peoplesIsolated peoples' immune systems haven't learned how to evade bugs. from www.shutterstock.com

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...