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September 11, 2002

INTERNATIONAL IMMUNIZATION NEWS

"Experts Discuss Better Germ Control"

Associated Press (www.ap.org) (09/10/02); Ross, Emma

On Monday, speakers at the annual infectious disease conference in Britain urged scientists to study human interaction more closely, noting that the better they understand human behavior, the better the chance of limiting the spread of infectious germs. Although tremendous gains have been made in vaccine and antibiotic development, scientists by and large have discounted the study of human behavior and how humans interact with microbes, scientists said.  Dr. Mike Ryan, global outbreak and response coordinator at the World Health Organization, said scientists have dedicated too much time on the study of the microbe itself, and not enough on how societal behavior affects the microbe and its spread.

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