Research Catalog

Title

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

Publication

New York : Springer Pub., c2002.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Lashley, Felissa R., 1941-
• Durham, Jerry D.

Description

xxiv, 483 p.; 24 cm.

Subjects

• Communicable diseases
• Epidemiology
• Drug Resistance
• Drug resistance in microorganisms
• Communicable Diseases

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Foreword / James M. Hughes -- 1. An Introduction to Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases / Scott Chavers, Hala Fawal and Sten H. Vermund -- 2. Microbial Resistance to Antibiotics / Gerald V. Stokes -- 3. Categories and Highlights of Significant Current Emerging Infectious Diseases / Felissa R. Lashley -- 4. Cholera / Laurie J. Singel and Felissa R. Lashley -- 5. Cryptosporidiosis / Jeanne B. Hewitt and Marlene W. Schmid -- 6. Cyclospora cayetanensis: Arriving via Guatemalan Raspberries / Felissa R. Lashley -- 7. Dengue Fever / Barbara J. Holtzclaw -- 8. Ebola, Marburg, and Lassa Fevers / Wayne E. Ellis and Felissa R. Lashley -- 9. Escherichia coli O157:H7 / Donna Tartasky -- 10. Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome / Amy V. Groom and James E. Cheek -- 11. Hepatitis C / Victoria Davey -- 12. HIV/AIDS / Inge B. Corless -- 13. Legionellosis: Legionnaires' Disease and Pontiac Fever / Alicia M. Fry and Richard E. Besser --
• 14. Lyme Disease, Ehrlichiosis, and Babesiosis / Felissa R. Lashley -- 15. Malaria / Roslyn Sykes and Gladys Mabunda -- 16. Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis / Neil W. Schluger -- 17. Prion Diseases: Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease and Other Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies / Noreen J. Mocsny and Felissa R. Lashley -- 18. Drug-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae / Victoria L. Anderson -- 19. Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci / Nancy Khardori -- 20. West Nile Virus / Felissa R. Lashley -- 21. The Role of Infection in Some Cancers and Chronic Diseases / Felissa R. Lashley -- 22. Travel, Recreation, and Emerging Infectious Diseases / Felissa R. Lashley -- 23. Immunocompromised Persons and Emerging Infectious Diseases / Victoria Davey -- 24. Bioterrorism / Dennis M. Perrotta -- 25. Behavioral and Cultural Aspects of Transmission and Infection / Barbara Jeanne Fahey -- 26. Into the Future / C. J. Peters --
• App. A. Emerging/Reemerging Diseases by Organism / Felissa R. Lashley -- App. B. Emerging/Reemerging Diseases by Modes of Transmission / Felissa R. Lashley -- App. C. Prevention of Emerging Infectious Diseases / Felissa R. Lashley -- App. D: Selected Resources / Jerry D. Durham and Felissa R. Lashley.

ISBN

0826114741

LCCN

2001057684

OCLC

• 48550927
• ocm48550927
• SCSB-4792727

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries