Infectious disease movement in a borderless world : workshop summary / rapporteurs, David A. Relman, Eileen R. Choffnes, and Alison Mack ; Forum on Microbial Threats ; Board on Global Health ; Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Forum on Microbial Threats.

Relman, David A.

Choffnes, Eileen R.

Mack, Alison.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communicable diseases--Congresses.

Communicable diseases.

Communicable diseases--Epidemiology--Congresses.

Communicable diseases--Transmission--Congresses.

Emerging infectious diseases.

Communicable Diseases, Emerging.

Communicable Diseases, Emerging--epidemiology.

Global Health.

Medical Subjects:

Communicable Diseases, Emerging.

Communicable Diseases, Emerging--epidemiology.

Global Health.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 301 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Modern transportation allows people, animals, and plants, and the pathogens they carry, to travel more easily than ever before. The ease and speed of travel, tourism, and international trade connect once-remote areas with one another, eliminating many of the geographic and cultural barriers that once limited the spread of disease. Because of our global interconnectedness through transportation, tourism and trade, infectious diseases emerge more frequently; spread greater distances; pass more easily between humans and animals; and evolve into new and more virulent strains. The IOM's Forum on Microbial Threats hosted the workshop "Globalization, Movement of Pathogens (and Their Hosts) and the Revised International Health Regulations" December 16-17, 2008 in order to explore issues related to infectious disease spread in a "borderless" world. Participants discussed the global emergence, establishment, and surveillance of infectious diseases; the complex relationship between travel, trade, tourism, and the spread of infectious diseases; national and international policies for mitigating disease movement locally and globally; and obstacles and opportunities for detecting and containing these potentially wide-reaching and devastating diseases. This document summarizes the workshop."--Summary.

Contents:

FrontMatter

Reviewers

Acknowledgments

Contents

Tables, Figures, and Boxes

Workshop Overview

1 Migration, Mobility, and Health

2 Travel, Conflict, Trade, and Disease

3 Mobile Animals and Disease

4 Global Public Health Governance and the Revised International Health Regulations

5 Global Disease Surveillance and Response

Appendix A: Agenda

Appendix B: Acronyms

Appendix C: Glossary

Appendix D: Forum Member Biographies.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Print version: Infectious disease movement in a borderless world.

ISBN:

0-309-15197-X

1-282-55447-6

9786612554476

0-309-14448-5

OCLC:

923281645