Title Microbial threats to health : emergence, detection, and response / Mark S. Smolinski, Margaret A. Hamburg, and Joshua Lederberg, editors ; Committee on Emerging Microbial Threats to Health in the 21st Century, Board on Global Health, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies

Published Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2003

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Description 1 online resource (xxviii, 367 pages) : illustrations Contents 1 INTRODUCTION -- 2 SPECTRUM OF MICROBIAL THREATS -- The Global Burden of AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria, 25 -- Emerging Infectious Diseases, 32 -- Antimicrobial-Resistant Infections, 32 -- Chronic Diseases with Infectious Etiology, 41 -- Microbes Intentionally Used for Harm, 46 -- 3 FACTORS IN EMERGENCE -- Microbial Adaptation and Change, 53 -- Human Susceptibility to Infection, 60 -- Climate and Weather, 64 -- Changing Ecosystems, 67 -- Economic Development and Land Use, 75 -- Human Demographics and Behavior, 78 -- Technology and Industry, 88 -- International Travel and Commerce, 97 -- Breakdown of Public Health Measures, 107 -- Poverty and Social Inequality, 121 -- War and Famine, 125 -- Lack of Political Will, 127 -- Intent to Harm, 130 -- A Case in Point: Influenza-We Are Unprepared, 136 -- 4 ADDRESSING THE THREATS: CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- Enhancing Global Response Capacity, 149 -- Improving Global Infectious Disease Surveillance, 154 -- Rebuilding Domestic Public Health Capacity, 159 -- Improving Domestic Surveillance Through Better Disease Reporting, 163 -- Exploring Innovative Systems of Surveillance, 170 -- Developing and Using Diagnostics, 174 -- Educating and Training the Microbial Threat Workforce, 181 -- Vaccine Development and Production, 184 -- Need for New Antimicrobial Drugs, 190 -- Inappropriate Use of Antimicrobials, 204 -- Vector-borne and Zoonotic Disease Control, 209 -- Comprehensive Infectious Disease Research Agenda, 220 -- Interdisciplinary Infectious Disease Centers, 222 Summary Infectious diseases are a global hazard that puts every nation and every person at risk. The recent SARS outbreak is a prime example. Knowing neither geographic nor political borders, often arriving silently and lethally, microbial pathogens constitute a grave threat to the health of humans. Indeed, a majority of countries recently identified the spread of infectious disease as the greatest global problem they confront. Throughout history, humans have struggled to control both the causes and consequences of infectious diseases and will continue to do so into the foreseeable future. Following up on a high-profile 1992 report from the Institute of Medicine, Microbial Threats to Health examines the current state of knowledge and policy pertaining to emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases from around the globe. It examines the spectrum of microbial threats, factors in disease emergence, and the ultimate capacity of the United States to meet the challenges posed by microbial threats to human health. From the impact of war or technology on disease emergence to the development of enhanced disease surveillance and vaccine strategies," Microbial Threats to Health contains valuable information for researchers, students, health care providers, policymakers, public health officials, and the interested public Analysis Communicable diseases--United States Public health--United States Communicable Diseases, Emerging--epidemiology Communicable Diseases, Emerging--prevention & control Communicable Disease Control Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject Communicable diseases -- United States Public health -- United States. Epidemiology. Emerging infectious diseases. Communicable diseases. Public health. Infection. Medical personnel. Diseases. Medical care. Epidemiology Communicable Diseases, Emerging Communicable Disease Control Communicable Diseases Public Health Public Health Practice Medicine Infections Environment and Public Health Health Occupations Bacterial Infections and Mycoses Disease Disciplines and Occupations Delivery of Health Care Health Workforce Health Personnel Patient Care public health. illness. disease. MEDICAL -- Preventive Medicine. MEDICAL -- Forensic Medicine. MEDICAL -- Public Health. Medical personnel Medical care Infection Epidemiology Emerging infectious diseases Diseases Communicable diseases Public health Microbiologie. Detectie. Immuunreacties. United States Genre/Form Electronic books Form Electronic book Author Smolinski, Mark S. Hamburg, Margaret A. Lederberg, Joshua. Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Emerging Microbial Threats to Health in the 21st Century. ISBN 0309507308 9780309507301 9780309278751 0309278759 9786612081514 6612081511 030908864X 9780309088640

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