Emerging Infections 3

by Scheld, W. Michael; Criag, William A.; Hughes, James M.

• ISBN13: 9781555811686
• ISBN10: 155581168X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-10-01
• Publisher: Amer Society for Microbiology

Summary

This book is the third of an annual series of books based on ICAAC Symposia on Emerging Infections. The editors are in the forefront of the scientific and clinical communities dealing with emerging pathogens. This will be very valuable and popular for a wide range of people in infectious diseases, internal medicine, and clinical microbiology. Each chapter is written by an expert in the field and covers basic science as well as clinical topics.

Table of Contents

Contributors	ix
Foreword	xiii
Preface	xv
Acknowledgments	xvii
Hepatitis E Virus Infection: an Enterically Transmitted Cause of Hepatitis	1	(16)
Michael O. Favorov
Harold S. Margolis
Emerging Rickettsioses	17	(20)
Didier Raoult
James G. Olson
Salmonella Enteritidis and Salmonella Typhimurium DT104: Successful Subtypes in the Modern World	37	(16)
Robert V. Tauxe
Streptococcus iniae: an Emerging Pathogen in the Aquaculture Industry	53	(14)
D. E. Low
E. Liu
J. Fuller
A. McGeer
Epidemic Typhus: a Forgotten but Lingering Threat	67	(6)
James G. Olson
The Microsporidial Infections: Progress in Epidemiology and Prevention	73	(26)
David A. Schwartz
Ralph T. Bryan
Leishmania: a Parasite on the Move	99	(12)
James H. Maguire
Chagas' Disease (American Trypanosomiasis): a Tropical Disease Now Emerging in the United States	111	(24)
Louis V. Kirchhoff
Pfiesteria piscicida and Human Health	135	(18)
David W. Oldach
Lynn M. Grattan
J. Glenn Morris
Emerging Diseases of Animals	153	(12)
Corrie Brown
Infectious Disease Issues in Xenotransplantation	165	(16)
Louisa E. Chapman
William M. Switzer
Paul A. Sandstrom
Salvatore T. Butera
Walid Heneine
Thomas M. Folks
The Emerging Role of Pathology in Infectious Diseases	181	(20)
Sherif R. Zaki
Christopher D. Paddock
Medical Examiner and Coroner Surveillance for Emerging Infections	201	(18)
Kurt B. Nolte
Mitchell I. Wolfe
The Role of the Public Health Community in Detecting and Responding to Domestic Terrorism Involving Infectious Agents	219	(12)
James W. LeDuc
Stephen M. Ostroff
Joseph E. McDade
Scott Lillibridge
James M. Hughes
Index	231