Infectious Diseases

Selected Entries from the Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology
2013
ISBN: 978-1-4614-5718-3
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 506 Seiten, Book, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 8867 g

Infectious Diseases: Selected Entries from the Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology presents authoritative, peer-reviewed contributions from leading experts on a wide range of major infectious diseases of global importance. Infectious diseases account for more than 17 million deaths each year worldwide. While modern medicine and technology have diminished the threat of many of these pathogens in high-income countries, the ever present threats of re-emerging infections, population mobility, natural disasters, and pathogen genetic variability are but some of the reasons for the dynamic threat of this broad category of risks to human health. An indispensable resource for students and scientists, the volume also covers some of the new technologies currently under development for infectious disease prevention, treatment, and eradication. The greater part of the infectious disease burden remains in the tropics, where low and middle-income countries lack the resources, infrastructure, and health systems to mount or sustain control efforts. Many contributions describe the efforts of the scientific research community and international donor agencies to achieve the integrated goals of vigilant surveillance, improved and cost-effective diagnostics, and treatment for sustainable disease control.

Zielgruppe

Upper undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kanki, Phyllis

Grimes, D. Jay

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Präventivmedizin, Gesundheitsförderung, Medizinisches Screening
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin HIV, AIDS
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Epidemiologie, Medizinische Statistik
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Infektionskrankheiten
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Medizinische Mikrobiologie & Virologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Infectious Diseases, Introduction2. Antibiotics for Emerging Pathogens3. HIV/AIDS Global Epidemic4. Human Bacterial Diseases from Ocean5. Infectious Disease Modeling6. Infectious Diseases, Climate Change Effects on7. Infectious Diseases, Vibrational Spectroscopic Approaches to Rapid Diagnostics8. Malaria Vaccines9. Marine and Freshwater Fecal Indicators and Source Identification10. Polio and Its Epidemiology11. Tropical Health and Sustainability12. Tuberculosis, Epidemiology of13. Waterborne Diseases of the Ocean, Enteric Viruses14. Waterborne Infectious Diseases, Approaches to Control15. Waterborne Parasitic Diseases in Ocean Index