The Encyclopedia of Infectious Diseases is organized into five parts:

• The first part examines current threats such as AIDS, malaria, SARS, and influenza
• The second part addresses the evolution of pathogens and the relationship between human genetic diversity and the spread of infectious diseases
• The next two parts highlight the most promising uses of molecular identification, vector control, satellite detection, surveillance, modeling, and high-throughput technologies
• The final part explores specialized topics of current concern, including bioterrorism, world market and infectious diseases, and antibiotics for public health

Features:

• Illustrations help readers understand the pathogenesis and diagnosis of infectious diseases
• Lists of Web resources serve as a gateway to important research centers, government agencies, and other sources of information from around the world
• Information boxes highlight basic principles and specialized terminology
• International contributions offer perspectives on how infectious diseases are viewed by different cultures
• A special chapter discusses the representation of infectious diseases in art

With its multidisciplinary approach, The Encyclopedia of Infectious Diseases helps point researchers in new promising directions and helps health professionals better understand the nature and treatment of infectious diseases.

Contents

1. Pulmonary Tuberculosis and Mycobacterium Tuberculosis: Modern Molecular Epidemiology and Perspectives
2. Diseases that Threaten Livestock
3. HIV/AIDS Infection in the World with a Special Focus on Africa
4. Molecular-Phylogenetic Strategies for Characterization of Uncultured Pathogens
5. Molecular or Immunological Tools for Efficient Control of Tuberculosis
6. Understanding Human Leishmaniasis:The Need for an Integrated Approach
7. Epidemics of Plant Diseases: Mechanisms, Dynamics and Management
8. Malaria Vaccines
9. The SARS Case Study:An Alarm Clock?
10. Recombination and Its Role in the Evolution of Pathogenic Microbes
11. Evolutionary History of the Malaria Parasites
12. Ecology Of Infectious Diseases: An Example with Two Vaccine-Preventable Infectious Diseases
13. Influenza Evolution
14. Experimental Evolution of Pathogens
15. Evolution of Antigenic Variation
16. Hantavirus Coevolution with Their Rodent Hosts
17. Phylogenetic Methods for the Analysis of Parasites and Pathogens
18. Parasites that Manipulate Their Hosts
19. Human Genetic Diversity and the Spread of Infectious Diseases
20. Molecular Epidemiology and Evolutionary Genetics of Pathogens
21. The Need for Megatechnologies: Massive Sequencing, Proteomics and Bioinformatics
22. Mathematical Modeling of Infectious Diseases Dynamics
23. Using a Geographic Information System to Spatially Investigate Infectious Disease
24. Vector Control by Surveillance Networks: The ECLAT Program and Chagas
25. Contributions of Morphometrics to Medical Entomology
26. Surveillance of Vector-Borne Diseases Using Remotely Sensed Data
27. Archaeological Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases: Fossil DNA
28. Insights Into Structure and Evolution of Bacterial Species That Are Revealed by Molecular Methods
29. Exploring Genetic Relatedness, Patterns of Evolutionary Descent, and the Population Genetics of Bacterial Pathogens Using Multilocus Sequence Typing
30. Topical Debates Evaluation of Risks and Benefits of Consumption of Antibiotics: From Individual to Public Health
31. Epidemic Diseases in the Past: History, Philosophy, and Religious Thought
32. Fundamentals, Domains, and Diffusion of Disease Emergence: Tools and Strategies for a New Paradigm
33. Epidemiology in a Changing World:The Need for a Bigger Picture!
34. Contributions of Social Anthropology to Malaria Control
35. The Neglected Diseases and Their Economic Determinants
36. The Challenge of Bioterrorism
37. Needs for an Integrative Approach of Epidemics: The Example of Cholera
38. Infectious Diseases: Market of the Future?
39. Mobilizing the Scientific Community for the Patient’s Benefit:At the Crossroads of Fundamental and Applied Science
40. Infectious Diseases and Arts

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