Emerging biological threats : a reference guide / Joan R. Callahan.
"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...
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Table of Contents:
- 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?
- 4. Food insecurity :What about bees? ; Mad cow disease ; Foot-and-mouth disease ; Anthrax ; Rinderpest ; Heartwater ; Classical swine fever ; Blue-ear pig diseases ; Newcastle disease ; Avian influenza ; Honeybee colony collapse disorder
- 5. Food insecurity, continued : Citrus tristeza virus ; Bacterial wilt ; Sounthern 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
- 7. Fighting back : pt. 1: Balking the enemiy's plans: Health education, Better food, A higher power, Basic research, Water, toilets, and garbage ; pt. 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 ; pt. 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 ; pt. 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.