Emerging infectious diseases : trends and issues / Felissa R. Lashley, Jerry D. Durham, editors.

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Other Authors: Lashley, Felissa R., 1941-
Durham, Jerry D.
Language:English
Published: New York : Springer Pub., [2002], ©2002.
Subjects:
Communicable diseases.
Drug resistance in microorganisms.
Epidemiology.
Communicable Diseases, Emerging > epidemiology.
Physical Description:xxiv, 483 pages ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • An introduction to emerging and reemerging infectious diseases / Scott Chavers, Hala Fawal, and Sten H. Vermund
  • Microbial resistance to antibiotics / Gerald V. Stokes
  • Categories and highlights of significant current emerging infectious diseases / Felissa R. Lashley
  • Cholera / Laurie J. Singel and Felissa R. Lashley
  • Cryptosporidiosis / Jeanne B. Hewitt and Marlene W. Schmid
  • Cyclospora cayetanensis: arriving via Guatemalan raspberries / Felissa R. Lashley
  • Dengue fever / Barbara J. Holtzclaw
  • Ebola, Marburg, and Lassa fevers / Wayne E. Ellis and Felissa R. Lashley
  • Escherichia coli O157:H7 / Donna Tartasky
  • Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome / Amy V. Groom and James E. Check
  • Hepatitis C / Victoria Davey
  • HIV/AIDS / Inge Corless
  • Legionellosis: Legionnaires' disease and Pontiac fever / Alicia M. Fry and Richard E. Besser
  • Lyme disease, ehrlichiosis, and Babesiosis / Felissa R. Lashley
  • Malaria / Roslyn Sykes and Gladys Mabunda
  • Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis / Neil W. Schluger
  • Prion diseases: Creutzfeld-Jakob disease and other transmissible spongiform encephalopathis / Noreen J. Mocsny and Felissa R. Lashley
  • Drug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae / Victoria L. Anderson
  • Vancomyin-resistant Enterococci / Nancy Khardori
  • West Nile virus / Felissa R. Lashley
  • The role of infection in some cancers and chronic diseases / Felissa R. Lashley
  • Travel, recreation, and emerging infectious diseases / Felissa R. Lashley
  • Immunocompromised persons and emerging infectious diseases / Victoria Davey
  • Bioterrorism / Dennis M. Perrotta
  • Behavioral and cultural aspects of transmission and infection / Barbara Jeanne Fahey
  • Into the future / C. J. Peters.