| Description |
xxiv, 483 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction to emerging and reemerging infectious diseases / Scott Chavers, Hala Fawal, 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, Felissa R. Lashley -- Cryptosporidiosis / Jeanne B. Hewitt, 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, Felissa R. Lashley -- Escherichia coli O157:H7 / Donna Tartasky -- Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome / Amy V. Groom, James E. Check -- Hepatitis C / Victoria Davey -- HIV/AIDS / Inge Corless -- Legionellosis : Legionnaires' disease and Pontiac fever / Alicia M. Fry, Richard E. Besser -- Lyme disease, ehrlichiosis, and Babesiosis / Felissa R. Lashley -- Malaria / Roslyn Sykes, Gladys Mabunda -- Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis / Neil W. Schluger -- Prion diseases : Creutzfeld-Jakob disease and other transmissible spongiform encephalopathis / Noreen J. Mocsny, Felissa R. Lashley -- Drug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae / Victoria L. Anderson -- Vancomyin-resistant Enterococci / Nancy Khardori -- West Nile virus / Felissa R. Lashley -- 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. |
| Subject |
Emerging infectious diseases.
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Drug resistance in microorganisms.
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Epidemiology.
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| Added Author |
Lashley, Felissa R., 1941-
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Durham, Jerry D.
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| ISBN |
0826114741 |
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