Contributors
Preface
pt. 1. Background
1. An introduction to emerging and reemerging infectious diseases / L. Scott Chavers and Sten H. Vermund
2. Microbial resistance to antibiotics / Stephan Harbarth
3. Categories and highlights of significant current emerging infectious diseases / Felissa R. Lashley
pt. 2. Specific diseases
4. Cholera / Laurie J. Singel and Felissa R. Lashley
5. Cryptosporidiosis / Jeanne Beauchamp Hewitt
6. Cyclospora cayetanensis : arriving via Guatemalan raspberries / Felissa R. Lashley
7. Dengue fever / Barbara J. Holtzclaw
8. Ebola, Marburg, Lassa, and other hemorrhagic fevers / Daniel G. Bausch
9. Escherichia coli O157:H7 / Donna Tartasky
10. Emerging fungal infections / David S. Perlin
11. Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome / James E. Cheek and Amy V. Groom
12. Hepatitis C / Victoria Davey
13. HIV/AIDS / Inge B. Corless
14. Avian influenza A (H5N1) / James Mark Simmerman and Timothy M. Uyeki
15. Legionellosis : Legionnaires disease and Pontiac fever / Christina R. Phares and Matthew R. Moore
16. Lyme disease, Ehrlichiosis, Anaplasmosis, and Babesiosis / Felissa R. Lashley


17. Malaria / Barbara A. Goldrick
18. Metapneumovirus / Bernadette G. van den Hoogen, Albert D.M.E. Osterhaus and Ron A.M. Fouchier
19. Monekypox and other emerging Orthopoxvirus infections / Kurt D. Reed
20. Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis / Neil W. Schluger
21. Prion diseases : Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and other transmissible spongiform encephalopathies / Felissa R. Lashley
22. SARS : from zoonosis to pandemic threat / Bart L. Haagmans and Albert D.M.E. Osterhaus
23. West Nile virus / Felissa R. Lashley
pt. 3. Special considerations
24. The role of infection in some cancers and chronic diseases / Felissa R. Lashley
25. Travel, recreation, and emerging infectious diseases / Felissa R. Lashley
26. Immunocompromised persons and emerging infectious diseases / Victoria Davey
27. Bioterrorism in the context of infectious diseases / Miriam Cohen
28. Behavioral and cultural aspects of transmission and infection / Barbara Jeanne Fahey
29. Into the future / C.J. Peters


Appendices
A. Emerging/reemerging infectious diseases by organism / Felissa R. Lashley
B. emerging/reemerging infectious diseases by modes of transmission / Felissa R. Lashley
c. Prevention of emerging/reemerging infectious diseases / Felissa R. Lashley
D. Selected resources / Jerry D. Durham and Felissa R. Lashley
Glossary
Index.