PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Cook, Paul P.
TI  - What Is New in Infectious Diseases?
AID  - 10.18043/ncm.77.5.320
DP  - 2016 Sep 01
TA  - North Carolina Medical Journal
PG  - 320--323
VI  - 77
IP  - 5
4099  - http://www.ncmedicaljournal.com/content/77/5/320.short
4100  - http://www.ncmedicaljournal.com/content/77/5/320.full
SO  - N C Med J2016 Sep 01; 77
AB  - The practice of infectious diseases is an ever-changing discipline. Diseases such as syphilis and tuberculosis have been with mankind for millennia, whereas conditions such as AIDS and Zika virus are relatively new maladies. A working knowledge of clinical presentations associated with Zika virus infection, syphilis, and common parasitic infections will help the primary care provider determine whom to treat and whom to refer to a specialist. Increasing the use of vaccination for influenza and pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV infection should reduce the burden of these common diseases.