Emerging Infectious Diseases

by Lashley, Felissa R.; Durham, Jerry D.

• ISBN13: 9780826114747
• ISBN10: 0826114741
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-04-01
• Publisher: Springer Pub Co

Summary

Provides nurses and other health professionals with a broad overview of emerging and re-emerging diseases in the United States. Covers the 17 most prevalent. Includes chapters on special issues, bioterrorism and immune-compromised populations. Appendix includes organizations and web sites.

Table of Contents

Foreword	xi
James M. Hughes
Preface	x
Contributors	xix
List of Tables and Figures	xxiii
Part I Background
An Introduction to Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases	3	(20)
Scott Chavers
Hala Fawal
Sten H. Vermund
Microbial Resistance to Antibiotics	23	(20)
Gerald V. Stokes
Categories and Highlights of Significant Current Emerging Infectious Diseases	43	(30)
Felissa R. Lashley
Part II Specific Diseases
Cholera	73	(10)
Laurie J. Singel
Felissa R. Lashley
Cryptosporidiosis	83	(10)
Jeanne B. Hewitt
Marlene W. Schmid
Cyclospora cayetanensis: Arriving via Guatemalan Raspberries	93	(10)
Felissa R. Lashley
Dengue Fever	103	(10)
Barbara J. Holtzclaw
Ebola, Marburg, and Lassa Fevers	113	(16)
Wayne E. Ellis
Felissa R. Lashley
Escherichia coli O157:H7	129	(10)
Donna Tartasky
Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome	139	(12)
Amy V. Groom
James E. Cheek
Hepatitis C	151	(10)
Victoria Davey
HIV/AIDS	161	(10)
Inge B. Corless
Legionellosis: Legionnaires' Disease and Pontiac Fever	171	(10)
Alicia M. Fry
Richard E. Besser
Lyme Disease, Ehrlichiosis, and Babesiosis	181	(12)
Felissa R. Lashley
Malaria	193	(10)
Roslyn Sykes
Gladys Mabunda
Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis	203	(12)
Neil W. Schluger
Prion Diseases: Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease and Other Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies	215	(18)
Noreen J. Mocsny
Felissa R. Lashley
Drug-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae	233	(10)
Victoria L. Anderson
Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci	243	(12)
Nancy Khardori
West Nile Virus	255	(10)
Felissa R. Lashley
Part III Special Considerations
The Role of Infection in Some Cancers and Chronic Diseases	265	(22)
Felissa R. Lashley
Travel, Recreation, and Emerging Infectious Diseases	287	(16)
Felissa R. Lashley
Immunocompromised Persons and Emerging Infectious Diseases	303	(22)
Victoria Davey
Bioterrorism	325	(24)
Dennis M. Perrotta
Behavioral and Cultural Aspects of Transmission and Infection	349	(22)
Barbara Jeanne Fahey
Into the Future	371	(98)
C. J. Peters
Appendices
Appendix A: Emerging/Reemerging Diseases by Organism	389	(32)
Felissa R. Lashley
Appendix B: Emerging/Reemerging Diseases by Modes of Transmission	421	(16)
Felissa R. Lashley
Appendix C: Prevention of Emerging Infectious Diseases	437	(10)
Felissa R. Lashley
Appendix D: Selected Resources	447	(22)
Jerry D. Durham
Felissa R. Lashley
Glossary	469	(4)
Index	473