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Emerging Infections: Microbial Threats to Health in the United States
B
Babesiosis, 76 , 248-249
Bacillus microbial control agents, 102
Bacteria, 53 , 63
genetic changes, 89-92
listing of, 36-37 , 199-217 passim
virulence factors, 89-90 , 91
see also specific types
Behavioral factors, 1 , 14 , 48 , 67 , 167-168
see also Diet;
Drug abuse;
Land use factors;
Sexual behavior;
Travel
Beta-lactam antibiotics, 94
Bilge water, 81 , 107
Biological control agents, 165
Biorational pesticides, 165
Biotechnology, 20
attenuated organisms, 153-154
Birds, 30
Black Death, 17
Blood contamination, 59 , 60 , 78 n
Body lice, 112
Borrelia burgdorferi , 28 , 72 , 76 , 200-202
Botulism, 66
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), 64-65 , 217-218
Brazilian purpuric fever, 90-92 , 208
Bubonic plague, 17 , 22
C
Caliciviruses, 46-47
California, vector control in, 162
California serogroup viruses, 218-219
Campylobacter jejuni , 202-203
Candida, 249-250
Catheterization, 59
Cell lines, and virus infection, 82 , 84
Cellulitis, 199-200
Centers for Disease Control (CDC), 9 , 11 , 130 , 131 , 147-148 , 164
Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases, 162
Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS), 9 , 148
Field Epidemiology Training Program (FETP), 9 , 148
Foreign Quarantine Division, 23
Hospital Infections Program, 4 , 58 , 121
Immunization Practices Advisory Committee (ACIP), 153
National Center for Infectious Diseases (NCID), 9 , 147
National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System (NNISS), 4 , 58 , 121-122
National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS), 3 , 118-120
overseas labs, 126 , 262-263
quarantine stations, 22-23
surveillance activities, 5 , 118-123 , 131 , 138-139
vaccine purchase, 153-138
Cervical cancer, 105-106
Ceviche, 69 , 107
Chickens, 19
Chikungunya virus, 44 , 219-220
Children, vaccination of, 138 , 155
China
influenza monitoring, 130
schistosomiasis outbreak, 112
Chlamydia spp., 36 , 105 , 203-205
Chloroquine, 29 , 100-101
Cholera, 68 , 107-108 , 139 , 215-216