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Emerging infections in Asia
- Title
- Emerging infections in Asia / edited by Yichen Lu, M. Essex, Bryan Roberts.
- Publication
- New York : Springer, [2008], ©2008.
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- Description
- xvii, 250 pages : illustrations ( some color); 24 cm
- Summary
- "Ongoing population shifts, widening health disparities, and rapid genetic mutation are major factors in viral and bacterial dissemination worldwide. At the same time, the role of Asia in the recent SARS and bird flu outbreaks has made that continent a key area of interest. This book offers an overview of infectious syndromes affecting local, regional and international health, concentrating on their greatest areas of transmission."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Pt. 1. Avian Flu -- 1. Influenza: Biology, Infection, and Control / Bryan Roberts -- 2. The Past and Present Threat of Avian Influenza in Thailand / Prasert Auewarakul -- 3. Transmission of Avian Influenza Viruses to Humans: Viral Receptor Specificity and Distribution in Human Airways / Yoshihiro Kawaoka and Kyoko Shinya -- Pt. 2. SARS -- 4. Investigation of Animal Reservoir(s) of SARS-CoV / Zhihong Hu and Zhengli Shi -- 5. SARS Epidemic: SARS Outbreaks in Inner-land of China / Li Ruan and Guang Zeng -- 6. The 2003 SARS Outbreak In Singapore: Epidemiological and Clinical Features, Containment Measures, and Lessons Learned / Annelies Wilder-Smith and Kee Tai Goh -- 7. The 2003 SARS Outbreaks in Taiwan / Yi-Ming Arthur Chen -- Pt. 3. HIV/AIDS -- 8. HIV/AIDS: Lessons from a New Disease Pandemic / M. Essex and Yichen Lu -- 9. AIDS in China / Gui Xien and Zhuang Ke -- Pt. 4. Other Infections -- 10. Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli's Endemicity in Developing Countries and Its Emergence During Diarrheal Epidemics and Natural Disasters / Tanvir Ahmed and Firdausi Qadri -- 11. Human Cases of Hemorrhagic Fever in Saudi Arabia Due To a Newly Discovered Flavivirus, Alkhurma Hemorrhagic Fever Virus / Remi N. Charrel, Xavier de Lamballerie and Ali Mohamed Zaki -- 12. Disease Outbreaks Caused by Emerging Paramyxoviruses of Bat Origin / Lin-Fa Wang, John S. Mackenzie and Bryan T. Eaton -- 13. Multidrug Resistant TB, TB Control, and Millennium Development Goals in Asia / Srikanth Prasad Tripathy and Sriram Prasad Tripathy -- 14. Emergence of Staphylococcus aureus with Reduced Susceptibility to Vancomycin in Asia / Jae-Hoon Song.
- ISBN
- 038775721X (alk. paper)
- 9780387757216 (alk. paper)
- 9780387757223 (e-ISBN)
- 0387757228 (e-ISBN)
- LCCN
- 2008921388
- OCLC
- ocn191759963
- 191759963
- SCSB-5467144
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries