Microbial threats to health : emergence, detection, and response /

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Infectious diseases are a global hazard that puts every nation and every person at risk. The recent SARS outbreak is a prime example. Knowing neither geographic nor political borders, often arriving silently and lethally, microbial pathogens constitute a grave threat to the health of humans. Indeed,...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Emerging Microbial Threats to Health in the 21st Century
Otros Autores: Smolinski, Mark S., Hamburg, Margaret A., Lederberg, Joshua
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2003.
Temas:
Communicable diseases > United States.
Public health > United States.
Epidemiology.
Emerging infectious diseases.
Communicable diseases.
Public health.
Infection.
Medical personnel.
Diseases.
Medical care.
Epidemiology
Communicable Diseases, Emerging
Communicable Disease Control
Communicable Diseases
Public Health
Public Health Practice
Medicine
Infections
Environment and Public Health
Health Occupations
Bacterial Infections and Mycoses
Disease
Disciplines and Occupations
Delivery of Health Care
Health Workforce
Health Personnel
Patient Care
Maladies infectieuses > États-Unis.
Santé publique > États-Unis.
Épidémiologie.
Maladies infectieuses émergentes.
Maladies infectieuses.
Santé publique.
Personnel médical.
Maladies.
Prestation de soins.
Soins médicaux.
public health.
illness.
disease.
MEDICAL > Preventive Medicine.
MEDICAL > Forensic Medicine.
MEDICAL > Public Health.
Medical personnel
Medical care
Infection
Emerging infectious diseases
Diseases
Communicable diseases
Public health
Microbiologie.
Detectie.
Immuunreacties.
United States
Communicable diseases > United States
Public health > United States
Communicable Diseases, Emerging > epidemiology
Communicable Diseases, Emerging > prevention & control
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1 INTRODUCTION
  • 2 SPECTRUM OF MICROBIAL THREATS
  • The Global Burden of AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria, 25
  • Emerging Infectious Diseases, 32
  • Antimicrobial-Resistant Infections, 32
  • Chronic Diseases with Infectious Etiology, 41
  • Microbes Intentionally Used for Harm, 46
  • 3 FACTORS IN EMERGENCE
  • Microbial Adaptation and Change, 53
  • Human Susceptibility to Infection, 60
  • Climate and Weather, 64
  • Changing Ecosystems, 67
  • Economic Development and Land Use, 75
  • Human Demographics and Behavior, 78
  • Technology and Industry, 88
  • International Travel and Commerce, 97
  • Breakdown of Public Health Measures, 107
  • Poverty and Social Inequality, 121
  • War and Famine, 125
  • Lack of Political Will, 127
  • Intent to Harm, 130
  • A Case in Point: Influenza-We Are Unprepared, 136
  • 4 ADDRESSING THE THREATS: CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
  • Enhancing Global Response Capacity, 149
  • Improving Global Infectious Disease Surveillance, 154
  • Rebuilding Domestic Public Health Capacity, 159
  • Improving Domestic Surveillance Through Better Disease Reporting, 163
  • Exploring Innovative Systems of Surveillance, 170
  • Developing and Using Diagnostics, 174
  • Educating and Training the Microbial Threat Workforce, 181
  • Vaccine Development and Production, 184
  • Need for New Antimicrobial Drugs, 190
  • Inappropriate Use of Antimicrobials, 204
  • Vector-borne and Zoonotic Disease Control, 209
  • Comprehensive Infectious Disease Research Agenda, 220
  • Interdisciplinary Infectious Disease Centers, 222.

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