Emerging Epidemics
Prakash S. Bisen
A global perspective on the management and prevention of emerging and re-emerging diseases
Emerging infectious diseases are newly identified or otherwise previously unknown infections that cause public health challenges. Re-emerging infectious diseases are due to both the reappearance of and an increase in the number of infections from a disease that is known, but which had formerly caused so few infections that it was no longer considered a public health problem. The factors that cause the emergence or re-emergence of a disease are diverse.
This book takes a look at the world's emerging and re-emerging diseases. It covers the diagnosis, ... Read more
Emerging Epidemics: Management and Control offers five topics of coverage:
FUNDAMENTALS
- Epidemics fundamentals
- Disasters and epidemics
- Biosafety
RE-EMERGING EPIDEMICS
- Tuberculosis
- Plague
NEWLY EMERGING EPIDEMICS
- Leptospirosis
- Dengue
- Japanese Encephalitis
- Chikungunya Fever
- West Nile Virus
- Chandipura Virus Encephalitis
- Kyasanur Forest Disease
- Hantavirus
- Human, Avian, and Swine Influenza
- Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
- Nipah Virus
- Paragonimiasis
- Melioidosis
POTENTIAL EPIDEMICS
- Biowarfare and bioterrorism
- Food contamination and food terrorism
- Antimicrobial resistance
VECTOR CONTROL METHODS
- Mosquito control
- Other disease vectors and their control
Offering an integrated, worldwide overview of the complexity of the epidemiology of infections, Emerging Epidemics will be a valuable resource for students, physicians, and scientists working in veterinary, medical, and the pharmaceutical sciences.
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