The emergence of zoonotic diseases : understanding the impact on animal and human health : workshop summary / Tom Burroughs, Stacey Knobler, and Joshua Lederberg, editors ; Forum on Emerging Infections, Board on Global Health, Institute of Medicine.
Publication details: Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, c2002.Description: xviii, 157 p. ; 23 cmISBN:- 0309083273 (pbk.)
- 9780309083270
- 614.56 21 EME
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CONTENTS
Introduction
A perspective on emerging zoonoses
The importance of zoonotic diseases
pathogenesis and virulence of zoonotic infections in humans
the potential "bioweaponization" of zoonotic diseases
Xenotransplantation
economic and trade implications of zoonotic diseases
Factors of emergence
variation and interspecies transmission of influenza
assessing the threat and the opportunities across the spectrum of zoonotic diseases
practices and policies to protect human health from antibiotic resistant pathogens
e.tc
Diagnosis and control of zoonotic infections
pathology and early recognition of zoonotic disease outbreaks
molecular and other technologies for rapid diagnosis of zoonotic agents
methods and models for pathogen discovery
vaccines for emerging zoonoses: Marburg virus paradigm
Surveillance and management of zoonotic disease outbreaks
public health laboratory surveillance
challenges of vector borne disease surveillance from the local perspective: west Nile virus experience
veterinary surveillance for zoonotic diseases in the united states
pet borne zoonoses: detection and surveillance challenges
Identification and containment of unknown and rare pathogens
foodborne zoonotic agents
legislative and policy concerns in protecting the Nation's health
summary and assessment
Includes index.
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