Emerging infections 10 / edited by W. Michael Scheld, Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Virginia Health System; James M. Hughes, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine; Richard J. Whitley, Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham.

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The tenth book in the Emerging Infections series features chapters written by leading infectious disease experts, who offer perspectives from basic and clinical research, epidemiology, and public health. Its coverage of current and emerging threats makes Emerging Infections 10 essential for anyone i...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Scheld, W. Michael (Editor)
Hughes, James M., 1945- (Editor)
Whitley, Richard J. (Editor)
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : ASM Press, [2016]
Subjects:
Emerging infectious diseases.
Communicable diseases > Epidemiology.
Communicable Diseases, Emerging.
Electronic books.
Genre:
Electronic books.
Online Access:
Connect to online resource via ASM - MSU authorized users (Wiley Online Library)
Physical Description:1 online resource (xix, 441 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Variant Title:
Emerging infections ten [Other title]
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • West Africa 2013: Re-examining Ebola / Daniel G. Bausch, Amanda Rojek, and Mikiko Senga
  • Preparing for Serious Communicable Diseases in the United States: What the Ebola Virus Epidemic Has Taught Us / Bruce S. Ribner and Jay B. Varkey
  • Ebola Virus Disease: Therapeutic and Potential Preventative Opportunities / Robert Fisher and Luciana Borio
  • Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) / Sonja A. Rasmussen, Amelia K. Watson, and David L. Swerdlow
  • The Emergence of Enterovirus D-68 / Kevin Messacar, Mark J. Abzug, and Samuel R. Dominguez
  • The Role of Punctuated Evolution in the Pathogenicity of Influenza Viruses / Jonathan A. McCullers
  • Measles in the United States since the Millennium: Perils and Progress in the Post-Elimination Era / Anne Schuchat, Amy Parker Fiebelkorn, and William Bellini
  • Chikungunya Virus: Current Perspectives on a Re-Emerging Virus / Clayton R. Morrison, Kenneth S. Plante, and Mark T. Heise
  • Zika Virus Disease / Werner Georg Slenczka
  • West Nile Virus Infection / James J. Sejvar
  • Mobilization of Carbapenemase-Mediated Resistance in Enterobacteriaceae / Amy Mathers
  • Antimicrobial Resistance Expressed by Neisseria gonorrhoeae: A Major Global Public Health Problem in the 21st Century / Magnus Unemo, Carlos del Rio, and William M. Shafer
  • Bordetella holmesii: Still Emerging and Elusive 20 Years On / Laure F. Pittet and Klara M. Posfay Barbe
  • Cronobacter spp. / Brian P. Blackwood and Catherine J. Hunter
  • Clostridium difficile Infection / Jae Hyun Shin, Esteban Chaves-Olarte, and Cirle A. Warren
  • Emerging Tick-Borne Bacterial Pathogens / Tahar Kernif, Hamza Leulmi, Didier Raoult, and Philippe Parola
  • Bordatella pertussis / Delma J. Nieves and Ulrich Heininger
  • Invasive Infections with Nontyphoidal Salmonella in Sub-Saharan Africa / Barbara E. Mahon and Patricia I. Fields
  • Fungal Infections Associated with Contaminated Steroid Injections / Carol A. Kaufman and Anurag N. Malani
  • Emerging Fungal Infections in the Pacific Northwest: the Unrecognized Burden of Coccidioides immitis and Cryptococcus gattii / Shawn R. Lockhart, Orion McCotter, and Tom M. Chiller
  • The Emerging Amphibian Fungal Disease, Chytridiomycosis: A Key Example of the Global Phenomenon of Wildlife Emerging Infectious Diseases / Jonathan E. Kolby and Peter Daszak
  • Arteminsinin-Resistant Plasmodium falciparum Malaria / Rick M. Fairhurst and Arjen M. Dondorp.