New and resurgent infections : prediction, detection, and management of tomorrow's epidemics

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New and resurgent infections : prediction, detection, and management of tomorrow's epidemics

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Seventh Annual Public Health Forum ; edited by Brian Greenwood, Kevin De Cock

J. Wiley & Sons, c1998

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New & resurgent infections

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Description

In the last decade, the world has seen the AIDS pandemic and a host of apparently "new" infectious diseases, such as ebola and CJD. The incidence of a number of familiar diseases (such as malaria and TB) is also increasing. This volume reviews the current biological, environmental and socio-economic factors that lead to changes in the patterns of infectious diseases. Describing the ways these changes can best be monitored, it also discusses ways of managing outbreaks, and the priority that should be given to new and resurgent infections in relation to health policies. New and resurgent infectious diseases pose an important threat to public health, as do infections caused by drug-resistant organisms.

Table of Contents

  • The influence of local changes in the rise of infectious disease
  • the influence of historical and global changes upon the patterns of infectious diseases
  • emerging diseases and global change - past, present and possible futures
  • biological variability in viral pathogens
  • drug resistance - we may not be able to go back again
  • environmental factors
  • malaria
  • ebola
  • population growth, urbanization and airplanes
  • BSE and CJD
  • food poisoning
  • co-ordination of international responses to epidemics
  • economic aspects of E. Coli
  • the public health response to emerging infectious diseases.

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