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Emerging infectious diseases : trends and issues / edited by Felissa R. Lashley and Jerry D. Durham.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Springer Pub. Co., 2007.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xx, 591 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780826102508
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 616.9 22
LOC classification:
  • RA643 .E465 2007
NLM classification:
  • 2007 H-756
  • WA 110
Online resources:
Contents:
Contributors -- Preface -- pt. 1. Background -- 1. An introduction to emerging and reemerging infectious diseases / L. Scott Chavers and Sten H. Vermund -- 2. Microbial resistance to antibiotics / Stephan Harbarth -- 3. Categories and highlights of significant current emerging infectious diseases / Felissa R. Lashley -- pt. 2. Specific diseases -- 4. Cholera / Laurie J. Singel and Felissa R. Lashley -- 5. Cryptosporidiosis / Jeanne Beauchamp Hewitt -- 6. Cyclospora cayetanensis : arriving via Guatemalan raspberries / Felissa R. Lashley -- 7. Dengue fever / Barbara J. Holtzclaw -- 8. Ebola, Marburg, Lassa, and other hemorrhagic fevers / Daniel G. Bausch -- 9. Escherichia coli O157:H7 / Donna Tartasky -- 10. Emerging fungal infections / David S. Perlin -- 11. Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome / James E. Cheek and Amy V. Groom -- 12. Hepatitis C / Victoria Davey -- 13. HIV/AIDS / Inge B. Corless -- 14. Avian influenza A (H5N1) / James Mark Simmerman and Timothy M. Uyeki -- 15. Legionellosis : Legionnaires disease and Pontiac fever / Christina R. Phares and Matthew R. Moore -- 16. Lyme disease, Ehrlichiosis, Anaplasmosis, and Babesiosis / Felissa R. Lashley --
17. Malaria / Barbara A. Goldrick -- 18. Metapneumovirus / Bernadette G. van den Hoogen, Albert D.M.E. Osterhaus and Ron A.M. Fouchier -- 19. Monekypox and other emerging Orthopoxvirus infections / Kurt D. Reed -- 20. Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis / Neil W. Schluger -- 21. Prion diseases : Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and other transmissible spongiform encephalopathies / Felissa R. Lashley -- 22. SARS : from zoonosis to pandemic threat / Bart L. Haagmans and Albert D.M.E. Osterhaus -- 23. West Nile virus / Felissa R. Lashley -- pt. 3. Special considerations -- 24. The role of infection in some cancers and chronic diseases / Felissa R. Lashley -- 25. Travel, recreation, and emerging infectious diseases / Felissa R. Lashley -- 26. Immunocompromised persons and emerging infectious diseases / Victoria Davey -- 27. Bioterrorism in the context of infectious diseases / Miriam Cohen -- 28. Behavioral and cultural aspects of transmission and infection / Barbara Jeanne Fahey -- 29. Into the future / C.J. Peters --
Appendices -- A. Emerging/reemerging infectious diseases by organism / Felissa R. Lashley -- B. emerging/reemerging infectious diseases by modes of transmission / Felissa R. Lashley -- c. Prevention of emerging/reemerging infectious diseases / Felissa R. Lashley -- D. Selected resources / Jerry D. Durham and Felissa R. Lashley -- Glossary -- Index.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contributors -- Preface -- pt. 1. Background -- 1. An introduction to emerging and reemerging infectious diseases / L. Scott Chavers and Sten H. Vermund -- 2. Microbial resistance to antibiotics / Stephan Harbarth -- 3. Categories and highlights of significant current emerging infectious diseases / Felissa R. Lashley -- pt. 2. Specific diseases -- 4. Cholera / Laurie J. Singel and Felissa R. Lashley -- 5. Cryptosporidiosis / Jeanne Beauchamp Hewitt -- 6. Cyclospora cayetanensis : arriving via Guatemalan raspberries / Felissa R. Lashley -- 7. Dengue fever / Barbara J. Holtzclaw -- 8. Ebola, Marburg, Lassa, and other hemorrhagic fevers / Daniel G. Bausch -- 9. Escherichia coli O157:H7 / Donna Tartasky -- 10. Emerging fungal infections / David S. Perlin -- 11. Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome / James E. Cheek and Amy V. Groom -- 12. Hepatitis C / Victoria Davey -- 13. HIV/AIDS / Inge B. Corless -- 14. Avian influenza A (H5N1) / James Mark Simmerman and Timothy M. Uyeki -- 15. Legionellosis : Legionnaires disease and Pontiac fever / Christina R. Phares and Matthew R. Moore -- 16. Lyme disease, Ehrlichiosis, Anaplasmosis, and Babesiosis / Felissa R. Lashley --

17. Malaria / Barbara A. Goldrick -- 18. Metapneumovirus / Bernadette G. van den Hoogen, Albert D.M.E. Osterhaus and Ron A.M. Fouchier -- 19. Monekypox and other emerging Orthopoxvirus infections / Kurt D. Reed -- 20. Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis / Neil W. Schluger -- 21. Prion diseases : Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and other transmissible spongiform encephalopathies / Felissa R. Lashley -- 22. SARS : from zoonosis to pandemic threat / Bart L. Haagmans and Albert D.M.E. Osterhaus -- 23. West Nile virus / Felissa R. Lashley -- pt. 3. Special considerations -- 24. The role of infection in some cancers and chronic diseases / Felissa R. Lashley -- 25. Travel, recreation, and emerging infectious diseases / Felissa R. Lashley -- 26. Immunocompromised persons and emerging infectious diseases / Victoria Davey -- 27. Bioterrorism in the context of infectious diseases / Miriam Cohen -- 28. Behavioral and cultural aspects of transmission and infection / Barbara Jeanne Fahey -- 29. Into the future / C.J. Peters --

Appendices -- A. Emerging/reemerging infectious diseases by organism / Felissa R. Lashley -- B. emerging/reemerging infectious diseases by modes of transmission / Felissa R. Lashley -- c. Prevention of emerging/reemerging infectious diseases / Felissa R. Lashley -- D. Selected resources / Jerry D. Durham and Felissa R. Lashley -- Glossary -- Index.

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