Considerations for viral disease eradication : lessons learned and future strategies : workshop summary / Stacey Knobler, Joshua Lederberg, and Leslie A. Pray, editors ; Forum on Emerging Infections, Board on Global Health, Institute of Medicine.

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Knobler, Stacey.
• Lederberg, Joshua.
• Pray, Leslie A.
• Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Forum on Emerging Infections.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Virus diseases--Vaccination--Congresses.
• Virus diseases--Prevention--Congresses.
• Medical policy--Congresses.
• Medical policy.
• Communicable Disease Control--trends.
• Virus diseases--Prevention.
• Virus diseases.
• Virus diseases--Vaccination.
• Immunization--trends.
• Virus Diseases--prevention & control.
• Health Policy.
• Global Health.

Medical Subjects:

• Communicable Disease Control--trends.
• Immunization--trends.
• Virus Diseases--prevention & control.
• Health Policy.
• Global Health.

Genre:

• Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xviii, 213 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, [2002]

Contents:

• Summary and Assessment / Joshua Lederberg 1
• 2 Major Efforts for Disease Eradication 33
• Smallpox / D.A. Henderson 34
• The Next Target After Polio: Global Eradication of Measles / Stephen L. Cochi, Peter M. Strebel, Mark Papania, William J. Bellini, Walter A. Orenstein 40
• Eradication of Congenital Rubella Syndrome / Stanley A. Plotkin 52
• Post-Polio Eradication: Issues and Challenges / Walter R. Dowdle 57
• 3 Biological Challenges to Post-Eradication 64
• Herd Immunity and the Design of Vaccination Programs / Roy M. Anderson 65
• Error, Hubris, and Malice / C.J. Peters 77
• Natural SIV Reservoirs and Human Zoonotic Risk: Challenges to Disease Eradication / Beatrice H. Hahn 84
• Vaccine-Associated Cases Due to Immunization with Live Virus Vaccines / Jeffrey I. Cohen 90
• 4 Operational and Institutional Challenges to Post-Eradication 98
• Revision of the International Health Regulations: Progress Report / Marlo Libel 99
• Disease Surveillance, Program Management, and Sustainment of Immunization Programs / Donald S. Burke 106
• The Capacity of Public Health Services to Respond to an Outbreak in the Post-Eradication Era / Carl E. Taylor 112
• Laboratory Security and Regulations Governing Viral Pathogens in a Post-Immunization Era / Raymond H. Cypess, Frank P. Simione 116
• 5 Medical Intervention and Technological Solutions 121
• The Polio Eradication Effort: Should Vaccine Eradication Be Next? / Vincent R. Racaniello 122
• Antiviral Therapy in the Management of Post-Eradication Infectious Disease Outbreaks / Richard J. Whitley 127
• Potential Use of Cytokines and Antibody for Post-Exposure Prophylaxis in the Post-Eradication Era / Diane E. Griffin 129
• The Potential Role of Probiotics and Microbial Ecology in Host Defense / Susanna Cunningham-Rundles 133
• 6 The Challenges to Post-Eradication Outbreaks 141
• Ready or Not: The U.S. Health Care System and Emerging Infections / Kenneth D. Bloem 142
• Vaccines for Post-Elimination Contingencies / Thomas P. Monath 149
• Strategic Priorities for Addressing Post-Eradication Outbreaks / Robert P. Kadlec 157
• Understanding the Public and Media Response to an Outbreak / Ann E. Norwood 163
• Post-Eradication Challenges in the Developing World / Ellyn W. Ogden 169.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0309084148

OCLC:

49576237