Molecular Epidemiology: Application and Challenges for the 21st Century

Abstract

Background: Since the 1970s, people’s understanding of life has gradually deepened into the basic material nucleic acid and protein levels of life. The life sciences have entered the era of “molecules†and produced a large number of new and interdisciplinary subjects. An important direction has had a major and profound impact on the development of epidemiology itself and on disease control.

Keywords: molecular, epidemiology, communicable diseases, cancer