Cockburn A
Ciba Found Symp. 1977(49):103-12. doi: 10.1002/9780470715406.ch6.
Infectious diseases have been evolving from the earliest days of life on earth. Major factors influencing their developments include the splitting of continents (continental drift), the radiation of early primates into present-day forms, migrations of man around the world, the ending of the Ice Age, the invention of agriculture, the domestication of animals, the increase in populations, and the urbanization of societies. The impact of such basic changes on infectious diseases is reviewed.
从地球上生命诞生的最初时期起，传染病就一直在演变。影响其发展的主要因素包括大陆分裂（大陆漂移）、早期灵长类动物向现代形态的演化、人类在全球范围内的迁徙、冰河时代的结束、农业的发明、动物的驯化、人口增长以及社会的城市化。本文综述了这些基本变化对传染病的影响。
