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Emerging Infections
1st Edition, Volume 1 - January 5, 1998
Editors: Richard M. Krause, John I. Gallin, Anthony S. Fauci
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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… Read more
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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.
- 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 0157: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.
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 0157: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.
- No. of pages: 513
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 1
- Published: January 5, 1998
- Imprint: Academic Press
- eBook ISBN: 9780080530857
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Richard M. Krause
Affiliations and expertise
National Institutes of Health, Bethseda, Maryland, U.S.A.JG
John I. Gallin
John I. Gallin, MD, serves as the Chief Scientific Officer (CSO) and the Scientific Director (SD) of the NIH Clinical Center. He is also NIH's Associate Director for Clinical Research in the Office of Clinical Research, Office of the Director. Dr. Gallin was the Director of the NIH Clinical Center from 1994-2017 and was the Scientific Director for intramural research activities at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) from 1985 to 1994. He was also the founding Chief of the NIAID Laboratory of Host Defenses and continues as Chief of the Clinical Pathophysiology Section which has become part of a new Laboratory of Clinical Immunology and Microbiology
Affiliations and expertise
Chief Scientific Officer, Clinical Center, Associate Director for Clinical Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MDAF
Anthony S. Fauci
Affiliations and expertise
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland U.S.A.Read Emerging Infections on ScienceDirect