Emerging Infectious Diseases: Trends and IssuesFelissa R. Lashley, Jerry D. Durham This volume addresses the issue of emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases and the critical importance of detecting, responding to, and controlling them. The 25 contributions by physicians and other health care consultants discuss background information, specific diseases (epidemiology, microbiolgoy, clinical picture, treatment, and prevention) and special considerations such as the role of infections in cancer and other illnesses, bioterrorism, and behavioral and cultural aspects of transmission and infection. Edited by Lashley (School of Nursing, Southern Illinois U.) and Durham (nursing, U. of Missouri). Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com). |
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Categories and Highlights of Significant Current Emerging Infectious Diseases | 43 |
Specific Diseases | 71 |
Cholera | 73 |
Cryptosporidiosis | 83 |
Cyclospora cayetanensis Arriving Via Guatemalan Raspberries | 93 |
Dengue Fever | 103 |
DrugResistant Streptococcus pneumoniae | 233 |
VancomycinResistant Enterococci | 243 |
West Nile Virus | 255 |
Special Considerations | 263 |
The Role of Infection in Some Cancers and Chronic Diseases | 265 |
Travel Recreation and Emerging Infectious Diseases | 287 |
Immunocompromised Persons and Emerging Infectious Diseases | 303 |
Bioterrorism | 325 |
Ebola Marburg and Lassa Fevers | 113 |
Escherichia coli O157H7 | 129 |
Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome | 139 |
Hepatitis C | 151 |
HIVAIDS | 161 |
Legionellosis Legionnaires Disease and Pontiac Fever | 171 |
Lyme Disease Ehrlichiosis and Babesiosis | 181 |
Malaria | 193 |
MultidrugResistant Tuberculosis | 203 |
Prion Diseases CreutzfeldtJakob Disease and Other Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies | 215 |
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