Emerging Infections:

Microbial Threats to Health in the United States

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Size: 312 pages, 6 x 9

Publication Year:1992

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Joshua Lederberg, Robert E. Shope, and Stanley C. Oaks, Jr., Editors; Committee on Emerging Microbial Threats to Health, Institute of Medicine
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This volume presents a historical perspective on infectious disease and discusses how "new" disease such as HIV and AIDS arise and how "old" diseases such as HIV and AIDS arise and how "old" disease such as tuberculosis resurge. The book ...
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". . . this book is well-presented, lucid and accurate, with very thorough editing . . . . the body of the book should appeal to all students of microbiology, whatever their ages." --Society for General Microbiology Quarterly
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FRONT MATTER	i-xiv	(skim)
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY	1-15	(skim)
1 BACKGROUND	16-33	(skim)
2 FACTORS IN EMERGENCE	34-112	(skim)
3 ADDRESSING THE THREATS	113-169	(skim)
REFERENCES	170-192	(skim)
APPENDIXES	193-194	(skim)
A TASK FORCES	195-198	(skim)
B CATALOG OF EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASE AGENTS	199-260	(skim)
C GLOBAL RESOURCES FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE SURVEILLANCE	261-264	(skim)
D COMMITTEE AND STAFF BIOGRAPHIES	265-272	(skim)
GLOSSARY	273-279	(skim)
ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS	280-282	(skim)
INDEX	283-294	(skim)

Description

This volume presents a historical perspective on infectious disease and discusses how "new" disease such as HIV and AIDS arise and how "old" diseases such as HIV and AIDS arise and how "old" disease such as tuberculosis resurge. The book highlights risk factors for the emergence of microbial threats to health, warns against complacency in public health, and promotes early prevention as a cost-effective and crucial strategy for maintaining public health in the United States and worldwide.

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". . . this book is well-presented, lucid and accurate, with very thorough editing . . . . the body of the book should appeal to all students of microbiology, whatever their ages." --Society for General Microbiology Quarterly