Series Editor:
John Gallin, Director, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center
Head, Clinical Pathophysiology Section, Laboratory of Host Defenses,National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Bethesda, MD, USA
Anthony Fauci, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland U.S.A.
Edited by
Richard Krause, National Institutes of Health, Bethseda, Maryland, U.S.A.
Description
Emerging Infections is a reprint of the inaugural volume of the thematic serial,
Biomedical Research Reports Series
that provides annual updates on hot topics of interest to a broad spectrum of the biomedical research community. This volume provides
state-of-the-art reviews of the most important "new" and reemerging bacterial, viral, and parasitic infections, their life cycles, host
defense evasion strategies, and clinical features.
Emerging Infections includes in-depth coverage of 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. The book covers the major established pathogens as well as the new and
sensational--mad cow disease, hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, pathogenic
E-coli, and flesh-eating bacteria.
Included in series
Biomedical Research Reports
Audience:
Basic and clinical researchers in immunology, microbiology, infectious disease, and public health.
