Convergence of Infectious Diseases and Noncommunicable Diseases: Proceedings of a Workshop | NLM

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Convergence of Infectious Diseases and Noncommunicable Diseases: Proceedings of a Workshop

10/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT

Source: National Academies Press (NAP). Published: 10/2019. The National Academies convened a workshop on June 11-12, 2019, to explore the growing understanding of how the interplay between humans and microbes affects host physiology and causes noncommunicable diseases. This 164-page report summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop, which included an overview of colliding epidemics, emerging research on associations between infectious and noncommunicable diseases, risks posed by chronic diseases to the development and severity of infectious diseases, and the influence of the microbiome. (Text)