Joan R. Callahan

Emerging Biological Threats

A Reference Guide

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An engaging, nontechnical discussion of the infectious diseases and other biological threats that pose the highest risk to humans, presented in the context of relevant environmental and sociological trends. What biological agents should we truly be afraid of? Which have garnered more attention than they warrant? Emerging Biological Threats: A Reference Guide is the antidote for the confusion surrounding the potentially devastating impact of pathogens on the human community. Written by a frontline professional in epidemiology, it is the most authoritative yet engagingly written resource available on the real risks we face, and the countermeasures used to confront them. Emerging Biological Threats provides the information needed to understand significant direct threats to human health, as well as those that impact us indirectly by destroying livestock and crops. Focused primarily on the United States, it offers science-based yet accessible explorations of HIV, influenza, drug-resistant pathogens, tuberculosis, meningitis, and more. In addition, the book assesses current predictions about the future spread of various diseases as a result of climate change and overpopulation. The book concludes with chapters on relevant environmental and sociological trends and a discussion of current public health strategy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Greenwood
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Dezember 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 843g
• ISBN-13: 9780313372094
• ISBN-10: 0313372098
• Artikelnr.: 27406818

Autorenporträt

JOAN R. CALLAHAN is an environmental scientist who has served as a consultant to many environmental engineering firms, land developers, and government agencies, including the U.S. Geological Survey Biological Resources Division, the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences, and the California Parks and Recreation Department. She is also an award-winning author of several science and engineering books, as well as numerous scientific papers and environmental documents. Dr. Callahan holds a Ph.D. in Zoology from the University of Arizona.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface 1. Introduction Public Health: A Short History Koch and His
Postulates Hazard, Threat, and Risk Outbreaks, Epidemics, and Pandemics
What Is Popular Culture? More Definitions So How Bad Is It? 2. Five Big
Ones HIV Disease and AIDS Malaria Tuberculosis Influenza Hepatitis B and C
3. Five More (and Complications) Measles Dysenteries and Enteric Fevers
Dengue and Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever Bad Bugs and Miracle Drugs Emerging
Diseases What about Pneumonia? What about Meningitis and Encephalitis?
Conclusion 4. Food Insecurity What about Bees? Mad Cow Disease
Foot-and-Mouth Disease Anthrax Rinderpest Heartwater Classical Swine Fever
Blue-Ear Pig Disease Newcastle Disease Avian Influenza Honeybee Colony
Collapse Disorder Conclusion 5. Food Insecurity, Continued Citrus Tristeza
Virus Bacterial Wilt Southern Corn Leaf Blight Citrus Canker Late Blight of
Potato Soybean Rust Witches' Broom Disease Phoma Stem Canker Asian Soybean
Aphid Locusts Conclusion: One to Grow On 6. Making Things Worse Too Many
Babies: Overpopulation Too Much Carbon: Global Climate Change Not Enough
Food: Famine, Pestilence, Destruction, and Death Too Much Food: Metabolic
Syndrome and Type 2 Diabetes Too Many Sick People: The Healthcare Crisis
Too Many Angry People: Bioterrorism Too Many Experts: The Bogus Health
Industry Too Many Drugs: Substance Abuse Too Much UV: Stratospheric Ozone
Depletion Revisited Too Many Cooks: Environmental Management Issues
Conclusion 7. Fighting Back Part 1: Balking the Enemy's Plans Health
Education Better Food A Higher Power Basic Research Water, Toilets, and
Garbage Part 2: Preventing the Junction of the Enemy's Forces Lookouts:
Surveillance and Screening Arming the People: Vaccination Holding the Line:
Convenient Barriers The Fifth Column: Ringers and Decoys A Clean Camp:
Home, School, and Workplace Part 3: Attacking the Enemy's Army in the Field
Killing the Enemy: Snipers and WMDs Disabling the Enemy's Transportation:
Inconvenient Barriers Destroying the Enemy's Resources: Habitat
Modification Enlisting Allies: Biological Controls Bugout: Postexposure
Prophylaxis Part 4: Besieging Walled Cities Mopping Up: Disease Eradication
and Elimination Occupation: Public Health Enforcement Recruitment: Help
Wanted Who's Going to Pay for This? Tuberculosis: The Million-Year War
Postscript: Making Friends Index