Emerging infections / volume editor, Richard M. Krause.

Emerging Infections is the first volume of the new Biomedical Research Reports Series, which will provide annual updates on hot topics of interest to a broad spectrum of the biomedical research community. This book provides state-of-the-art reviews of new and reemerging bacterial, viral, and parasitic infections, their life cycles, host defense evasion strategies, and clinical features. It includes the history of infectious disease outbreaks, population and evolutionary biology of human pathogens, and current epidemiological models that describe how ecological and demographic changes produce new epidemics. Key Features * Provides reviews on hot topics of interest to the biomedical research community * Editor and contributors are renowned international experts * Covers the major established pathogens as well as the new and sensational--such as mad cow disease, hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, pathogenic E. Coli, and flesh-eating bacteria.

R.M. Krause, Introduction to Emerging Infectious Diseases: Stemming the Tide. -- R.M. Anderson, Analytical Theory of Epidemics. -- J.D. McKinney, W.R. Jacobs, Jr., and B.R. Bloom, Persisting Problems in Tuberculosis. -- E.J. Rubin, M.K. Waldor, and J. Mekalanos, Mobile Genetic Elements and the Evolution of New Epidemic Strains of Vibrio cholerae. -- T.S. Whittam, E.A. Mcgraw, and S.D. Reid, Pathogenic Escherichia coli O157:H7: A Model for Emerging Infectious Diseases. -- J.M. Musser and R.M. Krause, The Revival of Group A Streptococcal Diseases, With a Commentary on Staphylococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome. -- A.C. Steere, Lyme Disease. -- J.E. Davies and V. Webb, Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria. -- R.G. Webster, Influenza: An Emerging Microbial Pathogen. -- E.C. Holmes, L.M. Bartley, and G.P. Garnett, The Emergence of Dengue: Past, Present, and Future. -- T.C. Quinn and A.S. Fauci, The AIDS Epidemic: Demographic Aspects, Population Biology, and Virus Evolution. -- N. Nathanson and S.T. Nichol, Korean Hemorrhagic Fever and Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome: Two Examples of Emerging Hantaviral Disease. -- F.A. Murphy and C.J. Peters, Ebola Virus: Where Does it Come from and Where is it Going? -- W.J. Tabachnik, Arthropod-borne Pathogens: Issues for Understanding Emerging Infectious Diseases. -- A.A.F. Mahmoud, "New" Intestinal Parasitic Protozoa. -- J. Hope, Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies of Man and Animals. -- K.P. Day, Malaria: A Global Threat. -- Subject Index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to emerging infectious diseases : stemming the tide -- Analytical theory of epidemics -- Persisting problems in tuberculosis -- Mobile genetic elements and the evolution of new epidemic strains of vibrio cholerae -- Pathogenic Escherichia coli O157:H7 : a model for emerging infectious diseases -- The revival of group A streptococcal diseases, with a commentary on staphylococcal toxic schock syndrome -- Lyme disease -- Antibiotic resistance in bacteria -- Influenza : an emerging microbial pathogen -- The emergence of dengue : past, present, and future -- The AIDS epidemic : demographic aspects, population biology, and virus evolution -- Korean hemorrhagic fever and hantavirus pulmonary syndrome : two examples of emerging hantaviral diseases -- Ebola virus : where does it come from and where is it going? -- Arthropod-borne pathogens : issues for understanding emerging infectious diseases -- "New" intestinal parasitic protozoa -- Transmissable spongiform encephalopathies of man and animals -- Malaria : a global threat.

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