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Informationen zum Autor Joan R. Callahan has a PhD from the University of Arizona and has worked as a researcher and consultant for over 30 years, most recently as an epidemiologist for the Naval Health Research Center and as a contractor for the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Klappentext An engaging, nontechnical discussion of the infectious diseases and other biological threats that pose the highest risk to humans, presented in the context of relevant environmental and sociological trends. What biological agents should we truly be afraid of? Which have garnered more attention than they warrant? Emerging Biological Threats: A Reference Guide is the antidote for the confusion surrounding the potentially devastating impact of pathogens on the human community. Written by a frontline professional in epidemiology, it is the most authoritative yet engagingly written resource available on the real risks we face, and the countermeasures used to confront them. Emerging Biological Threats provides the information needed to understand significant direct threats to human health, as well as those that impact us indirectly by destroying livestock and crops. Focused primarily on the United States, it offers science-based yet accessible explorations of HIV, influenza, drug-resistant pathogens, tuberculosis, meningitis, and more. In addition, the book assesses current predictions about the future spread of various diseases as a result of climate change and overpopulation. The book concludes with chapters on relevant environmental and sociological trends and a discussion of current public health strategy. Zusammenfassung An engaging! nontechnical discussion of the infectious diseases and other biological threats that pose the highest risk to humans! presented in the context of relevant environmental and sociological trends. What biological agents should we truly be afraid of? Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface 1. Introduction Public Health: A Short History Koch and His Postulates Hazard, Threat, and Risk Outbreaks, Epidemics, and Pandemics What Is Popular Culture? More Definitions So How Bad Is It? 2. Five Big Ones HIV Disease and AIDS Malaria Tuberculosis Influenza Hepatitis B and C 3. Five More (and Complications) Measles Dysenteries and Enteric Fevers Dengue and Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever Bad Bugs and Miracle Drugs Emerging Diseases What about Pneumonia? What about Meningitis and Encephalitis? Conclusion 4. Food Insecurity What about Bees? Mad Cow Disease Foot-and-Mouth Disease Anthrax Rinderpest Heartwater Classical Swine Fever Blue-Ear Pig Disease Newcastle Disease Avian Influenza Honeybee Colony Collapse Disorder Conclusion 5. Food Insecurity, Continued Citrus Tristeza Virus Bacterial Wilt Southern Corn Leaf Blight Citrus Canker Late Blight of Potato Soybean Rust Witches' Broom Disease Phoma Stem Canker Asian Soybean Aphid Locusts Conclusion: One to Grow On 6. Making Things Worse Too Many Babies: Overpopulation Too Much Carbon: Global Climate Change Not Enough Food: Famine, Pestilence, Destruction, and Death Too Much Food: Metabolic Syndrome and Type 2 Diabetes Too Many Sick People: The Healthcare Crisis Too Many Angry People: Bioterrorism Too Many Experts: The Bogus Health Industry Too Many Drugs: Substance Abuse Too Much UV: Stratospheric Ozone Depletion Revisited Too Many Cooks: Environmental Management Issues Conclusion 7. Fighting Back Part 1: Balking the Enemy's Plans Health Education Better Food A Higher Power Basic Research Water, Toilets, and Garbage Part 2: Preventing the Junction of the Enemy's Forces Lookouts: Surveillance and Screening Arming the People: Vaccination Holding the Line: Convenient Barriers The Fifth Column: ...
