Intro
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Contents
1: History of Pandemics? How the World Dealt with It?
1.1 Introduction
1.1.1 Outbreaks, Epidemic and Pandemics
1.2 Brief History of Pandemics (Pandemics Throughout History)
1.3 The Plague of Justinian (541-549)
1.3.1 Precautionary Measures/Govt Efforts
1.4 The Black Death (1346-1353)
1.4.1 Precautionary Measures/Govt Efforts
1.5 Cholera (1817-Ongoing)
1.5.1 Precautionary Measures/Govt Efforts
1.6 Influenza
1.6.1 Precautionary Measures/Govt Efforts
1.7 Coronaviruses

1.8 SARS-CoV Epidemic
1.9 MERS-CoV Epidemic
1.9.1 Precautionary Measures/Govt Efforts
1.10 SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic
1.10.1 Precautionary Measures/Govt Efforts
1.11 Regulation of Future Pandemic
1.12 Conclusion
References
2: Ethnicity and COVID-19: Are They Related?
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Risk Factors Affecting Ethnicity and COVID-19 Outcomes
2.2.1 Genetic Predisposition
2.2.2 Preexisting Health Conditions
2.2.3 Socioeconomic Risk Factors
2.3 Ethnicity-Related Health Outcomes in Some Severely Affected Countries
2.3.1 United States of America

2.3.2 Brazil
2.3.3 United Kingdom
2.4 Ethnicity and Future Health Implications
2.5 Conclusion
References
3: Pandemics in Modern Era: Impact of Geographical Landscapes on Disease Risk
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Impact of Geographical Elements of Landscapes in Influencing the Infection Transmission
3.3 Landscape Edges: Congenial Huddle Spaces for Hosts and Vectors
3.4 Classical Case Studies
3.4.1 COVID-19
3.4.2 Cholera
3.4.3 Dengue
3.4.4 Chikungunya
3.4.5 Zika
3.4.6 Ebola
3.4.7 Swine flu
3.4.8 Monkeypox

3.5 Shifting Population, Social Practices, and Demographic Dynamics are Redefining Traditional Paradigm of Infectious Diseases Management
3.6 Complexity of Infection Susceptibilities Among Different Ethnicities
3.7 "One Health Concept": A Global Campaign for Healthier Humans and Environment
3.8 Conclusion
References
4: Host-Virus-Bacterial Cross Talk in the Respiratory Tract Microenvironment: Implications for Understanding the Disease Severity of Respiratory Viruses
4.1 Introduction
4.1.1 Bacterial Coinfection Mechanism in Respiratory Viral Infections

4.1.2 Impaired Immune Response During Respiratory Virus-Bacterial Coinfection
4.1.3 Bacterial Coinfection Mechanism in SARS-CoV-2
4.2 Conclusion and Way Forward
References
5: Relevance of Multi-Omics Approach for Future Pandemic Preparedness and Response
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Omics Technologies
5.2.1 Genomics
5.2.2 Transcriptomics
5.2.3 Proteomics
5.2.4 Metabolomics
5.3 Multi-Omics Integration Strategies to Understand Viral Infection
5.3.1 Protein-Protein Interaction (PPI)
5.3.2 RNA-Protein Interaction
5.4 Conclusion
References