Microbial threats to health : emergence, detection, and response / Mark S. Smolinski, Margaret A. Hamburg, and Joshua Lederberg, editor(s) ; Committee on Emerging Microbial Threats to Health in the 21st Century, Board on Global Health.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hamburg, Margaret A.

Lederberg, Joshua.

Smolinski, Mark S.

Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Emerging Microbial Threats to Health in the 21st Century.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communicable diseases--United States.

Communicable diseases.

Public health--United States.

Public health.

Physical Description:

xxx, 397 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : National Academies Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Infectious diseases are a global hazard that puts every nation and every person at risk. The recent SARS outbreak is a prime example. Knowing neither geographic nor political borders, often arriving silently and lethally, microbial pathogens constitute a grave threat to the health of humans. Indeed, a majority of countries recently identified the spread of infectious disease as the greatest global problem they confront. Throughout history, humans have struggled to control both the causes and consequences of infectious diseases and we will continue to do so into the foreseeable future. Following up on a high-profile 1992 report from the Institute of Medicine, Microbial Threats to Health examines the current state of knowledge and policy pertaining to emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases from around the globe. It examines the spectrum of microbial threats, factors in disease emergence, and the ultimate capacity of the United States to meet the challenges posed by microbial threats to human health. From the impact of war or technology on disease emergence to the development of enhanced disease surveillance and vaccine strategies, Microbial Threats to Health contains valuable information for researchers, students, health care providers, policymakers, public health officials. and the interested public.

Contents:

FrontMatter

Reviewers

Cover Artwork

Preface

Acknowledgments

Synopsis

Contents

List of Figures, Tables, and Boxes

Acronyms

Executive Summary

1 Introduction

2 Spectrum of Microbial Threats

3 Factors in Emergence

4 Addressing the Threats: Conclusions and Recommendations

Epilogue

Glossary

References

Appendix A Microbial Threats to Health Public Committee Meeting Agendas

Appendix B Syndromic Surveillance

Appendix C Pathogen Discovery, Detection, and Diagnostics

Appendix D Forum on Emerging Infections Membership and Publications Board on Global Health

Appendix E Computational Modeling and Simulation of Epidemic Infectious Diseases

Appendix F Committee and Staff Biographies

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786612081514

9780309185547

0309185548

9781282081512

1282081519

9780309507301

0309507308

OCLC:

923258995