Outbreak alert : responding to the increasing threat of infectious diseases /

Eberhart-Phillips, Jason.

Outbreak alert : responding to the increasing threat of infectious diseases / Jason Eberhart-Phillips. - Oakland, Calif. : New Harbinger Pub., c2000. - ix, 298 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-287) and index.

Contents

Chapter 1.Introduction to emergence
Chapter 2.Examples of emergence
Chapter 3.Travel and commerce
Chapter 4.Changing human demographics
Chapter 5.Human behavior
Chapter 6.Technology and industry
Chapter 7.Ecological changes: land use and climate
Chapter 8.Microbial adaptation and change
Chapter 9.Antimicrobial resistance
Chapter 10.Breakdown of the public health infrastructure
Chapter 11.Biological terrorism
Chapter 12.Responding to the threats
Appendix: On-line resources in emerging infectious diseases.

1572242019 (pbk.) 9781572242012


Communicable diseases--Popular works.
Epidemiology--Popular works.

WC 100 E1620 2000 / E1620 2000