Beltz L.A. Emerging Infectious Diseases: A Guide to Diseases, Causative Agents, and Surveillance

Wiley, 2011. — 754 p.Emerging Infectious Diseases offers an introduction to emerging and reemerging infectious disease, focusing on significant illnesses found in various regions of the world. Many of these diseases strike tropical regions or developing countries with particular virulence, others are found in temperate or developed areas, and still other microbes and infections are more indiscriminate. This volume includes information on the underlying mechanisms of microbial emergence, the technology used to detect them, and the strategies available to contain them. The author describes the diseases and their causative agents that are major factors in the health of populations the world over. The book contains up-to-date selections from infectious disease journals as well as information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the World Health Organization, MedLine Plus, and the American Society for Microbiology. Perfect for students or those new to the field, the book contains Summary Overviews (thumbnail sketches of the basic information about the microbe and the associated disease under examination), Review Questions (testing students' knowledge of the material), and Topics for Further Discussion (encouraging a wider conversation on the implications of the disease and challenging students to think creatively to develop new solutions). This important volume provides broad coverage of a variety of emerging infectious diseases, of which most are directly important to health practitioners in the United States.Tables and Figures.The Author.Introduction to Emerging Infectious Diseases.
Infectious Diseases Past and Present.
Of Microbes and Men.
Bacterial Infections.
Lyme Disease.
Human Ehrlichiosis.
Bartonella Infections.
Group A Streptococci.
Escherichia coli O157:H7.
Helicobacter pylori, Ulcers, and Cancer.
Legionnaires’ Disease and Pontiac Fever.
Pulmonary Tuberculosis and Multidrug Resistance.
Emerging Bacterial Drug Resistance.
Viral Infections.
Marburg and Ebola Hemorrhagic Fevers.
American Hemorrhagic Fevers.
Lassa Hemorrhagic Fever.
Dengue Fever and Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever.
The Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.
Human Herpesvirus 8 and Kaposi's Sarcoma.
Hepatitis C.
Epidemic and Pandemic Influenza.
Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome.
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome.
West Nile Disease in the United States.
Monkeypox.
Parasitic Infections.
Malaria: Reemergence Recent Successes.
Babesiosis.
Cryptosporidiosis.
Chagas' Disease and Its Emergence in the United States.
Infectious Proteins.
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease and Other Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies.
Special Issues in Infectious Diseases.
The Emerging Importance of Infectious Diseases in the Immunosuppressed.
The Emerging Threat of Bioweapons.