Non-Communicable Diseases: The Invisible Epidemic

Daniele Piovani, Georgios K Nikolopoulos, Stefanos Bonovas, Daniele Piovani, Georgios K Nikolopoulos, Stefanos Bonovas

Abstract

Historically, communicable diseases, such as HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, malaria, poliomyelitis, tuberculosis, influenza and, more recently, the coronavirus disease 2019, have been at the center of global health concerns and initiatives, as they are transmitted from one person to another with a variety of ways, easily spread across national borders, and threaten the lives of millions of people all over the globe [...].

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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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