Emerging infectious diseases :  trends and issues / 
edited by Felissa R. Lashley and Jerry D. Durham. 
 - 2nd ed. 
 - New York :  Springer Pub. Co.,  2007. 
 - xx, 591 p. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> Contributors --  Preface --  Background --  introduction to emerging and reemerging infectious diseases /  Microbial resistance to antibiotics /  Categories and highlights of significant current emerging infectious diseases /  Specific diseases --  Cholera /  Cryptosporidiosis /  Cyclospora cayetanensis : arriving via Guatemalan raspberries /  Dengue fever /  Ebola, Marburg, Lassa, and other hemorrhagic fevers /  Escherichia coli O157:H7 /  Emerging fungal infections /  Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome /  Hepatitis C /  HIV/AIDS /  Avian influenza A (H5N1) /  Legionellosis : Legionnaires disease and Pontiac fever /  Lyme disease, Ehrlichiosis, Anaplasmosis, and Babesiosis /  L. Scott Chavers  Sten H. Vermund --  Stephan Harbarth --  Felissa R. Lashley --  Laurie J. Singel  Felissa R. Lashley --  Jeanne Beauchamp Hewitt --  Felissa R. Lashley --  Barbara J. Holtzclaw --  Daniel G. Bausch --  Donna Tartasky --  David S. Perlin --  James E. Cheek  Amy V. Groom --  Victoria Davey --  Inge B. Corless --  James Mark Simmerman  Timothy M. Uyeki --  Christina R. Phares  Matthew R. Moore --  Felissa R. Lashley --  pt. 1.  1. An  and  2.  3.  pt. 2.  4.  and  5.  6.  7.  8.  9.  10.  11.  and  12.  13.  14.  and  15.  and  16.  Malaria /  Metapneumovirus /  Monekypox and other emerging Orthopoxvirus infections /  Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis /  Prion diseases : Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and other transmissible spongiform encephalopathies /  SARS : from zoonosis to pandemic threat /  West Nile virus /  Special considerations --  role of infection in some cancers and chronic diseases /  Travel, recreation, and emerging infectious diseases /  Immunocompromised persons and emerging infectious diseases /  Bioterrorism in the context of infectious diseases /  Behavioral and cultural aspects of transmission and infection /  Into the future /  Barbara A. Goldrick --  Bernadette G. van den Hoogen,  Albert D.M.E. Osterhaus  Ron A.M. Fouchier --  Kurt D. Reed --  Neil W. Schluger --  Felissa R. Lashley --  Bart L. Haagmans  Albert D.M.E. Osterhaus --  Felissa R. Lashley --  Felissa R. Lashley --  Felissa R. Lashley --  Victoria Davey  --  Miriam Cohen --  Barbara Jeanne Fahey --  C.J. Peters --  17.  18.  and  19.  20.  21.  22.  and  23.  pt. 3.  24. The  25.  26.  27.  28.  29.  Appendices --  Emerging/reemerging infectious diseases by organism /  emerging/reemerging infectious diseases by modes of transmission /  Prevention of emerging/reemerging infectious diseases /  Selected resources /  Glossary --  Index.  Felissa R. Lashley --  Felissa R. Lashley --  Felissa R. Lashley --  Jerry D. Durham  Felissa R. Lashley --  A.  B.  c.  D.  and 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780826102508 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2006102115 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>101295580  DNLM 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Emerging infectious diseases.<br/>Drug resistance in microorganisms.<br/>Epidemiology.<br/>Communicable Diseases, Emerging--epidemiology.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RA643  / .E465 2007 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>616.9 
<br/><br/><label>National Library of Medicine Call No.: </label>2007 H-756 WA 110  / E5356 2007