The Resistance Phenomenon in Microbes and Infectious Disease Vectors - Implications for Human Health and Strategies for Containment: Workshop Summary

The resistance topic is timely given current events. The emergence of mysterious new diseases, such as SARS, and the looming threat of bioterrorist attacks remind us of how vulnerable we can be to infectious agents. With advances in medical technologies, we have tamed many former microbial foes, yet with few new antimicrobial agents and vaccines in the pipeline, and rapidly increasing drug resistance among infectious microbes, we teeter on the brink of loosing the upperhand in our ongoing struggle against these foes, old and new. The Resistance Phenomenon in Microbes and Infectious Disease Vectors examines our understanding of the relationships among microbes, disease vectors, and human hosts, and explores possible new strategies for meeting the challenge of resistance.

Summary

This volume examines our understanding of the relationships among microbes, disease vectors and human hosts, and explores possible new strategies for meeting the challenge of resistance.

Product details

• Authors: Board on Global Health, Forum on Emerging Infections, Institute of Medicine
• Assisted by: Tom Burroughs (Editor), Stacey L Knobler (Editor), Stacey L. Knobler (Editor), Stanley M Lemon (Editor), Stanley M. Lemon (Editor), Marian Najafi (Editor)
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.04.2003
• EAN: 9780309088541
• ISBN: 978-0-309-08854-1
• No. of pages: 333
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 235 mm
• Weight: 535 g
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine