Where do new diseases occur?

The most mentioned diseases in the media, such as Ebola, AIDS and atypical pneumonia, have been born in developing countries. Therefore, it seems that most new diseases occur in these territories.

However, analyzing the origin of diseases in the last 50 years, scientists have found that the vast majority have met for the first time in Europe, North America and Japan. These diseases are mainly those transmitted through food and those produced by drug-resistant bacteria.

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