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Emerging infectious diseases : trends and issues / [edited by] Felissa R. Lashley, Jerry D. Durham.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Emerging infectious diseases.
- Drug resistance in microorganisms.
- Epidemiology.
- Communicable Diseases, Emerging.
- Medical Subjects:
- Communicable Diseases, Emerging.
- Epidemiology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (611 p.)
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Springer Pub. Co., c2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Provides information about the epidemiology, clinical manifestations, prevention, and treatment of specific EIDs. This book emphasizes issues of most relevance to our world, including the EIDs like avian influenza and SARS, special issues like bioterrorism, related behavioral and cultural factors, and infectious etiologies of chronic diseases.
- Contents:
- Background. An 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 : arrive via Guatemalan raspberries ; Dengue fever ; Ebola, Marburg, lassa, and other hemorrhagic fevers ; Escherichia coli 0157:H7 ; Emerging fungal infections ; Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome ; Hepatitis C ; HIV/AIDS ; Avian influenzas A (H5N1) ; Legionellosis : legionnaires disease and pontiac fever ; Lyme disease, ehrlichiosis, anaplasmosis, and babesiosis ; Malaria ; Metapneumovirus ; Monkeypox and other emerging othopoxvirus 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. The role on 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
- Appendices. Emerging/reemerging infectious diseases by organism ; Emerging/reemerging infectious diseases by modes of transmission ; Prevention of emerging/reemerging infectious diseases ; Selected resources.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-82352-6
- 9786610823529
- 0-8261-0350-2
- OCLC:
- 476061561
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