Emerging Infections in Asia

by Lu, Yichen; Essex, M.; Roberts, Bryan

• ISBN13: 9780387757216
• ISBN10: 038775721X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-04-16
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

With many Asian countries experiencing increasing economic growth and globalization, infectious diseases that were once contained in certain pockets of the continent now proliferate throughout the continent. The recently publicized outbreaks of SARS, avian flu, and influenza are but a few examples of the growing number of mass infections affecting the Asian populace. Increased travel and tourism worldwide potentially expands the reach of these infectious diseases to a global scale. There is a pressing need for public health professionals worldwide to know and understand the variety of these infections, the methods through which they are transmitted, and the ways to control and prevent them.

Author Biography

Yichen Lu is the Executive Director at the Institute for International Vaccine Development, Cambridge, MA; the Principal Research Scientist at the Harvard AIDS Institute; and the Special Professor and Director, Nankai Vaccine Laboratory, Nankai University, China. Max Essex is the Chairman of the Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health and Chairman of the Harvard AIDS Institute.

Table of Contents

Avian Flu
Influenza: Biology, Infection, and Control	p. 3
The Past and Present Threat of Avian Influenza in Thailand	p. 31
Transmission of Avian Influenza Viruses to Humans: Viral Receptor Specificity and Distribution in Human Airways	p. 45
SARS
Investigation of Animal Reservoir(s) of SARS-CoV	p. 57
SARS Epidemic: SARS Outbreaks in Inner-land of China	p. 75
The 2003 SARS Outbreak In Singapore: Epidemiological and Clinical Features, Containment Measures, and Lessons Learned	p. 97
The 2003 SARS Outbreaks in Taiwan	p. 117
HIV/AIDS
HIV/AIDS: Lessons from a New Disease Pandemic	p. 133
AIDS in China	p. 143
Other Infections
Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli's Endemicity in Developing Countries and Its Emergence During Diarrheal Epidemics and Natural Disasters	p. 163
Human Cases of Hemorrhagic Fever in Saudi Arabia Due To a Newly Discovered Flavivirus, Alkhurma Hemorrhagic Fever Virus	p. 179
Disease Outbreaks Caused by Emerging Paramyxoviruses of Bat Origin	p. 193
Multidrug Resistant TB, TB Control, and Millennium Development Goals in Asia	p. 209
Emergence of Staphylococcus aureus with Reduced Susceptibility to Vancomycin in Asia	p. 233
Subject Index	p. 243
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