Emerging Infections

This book is the first of an annual series of books based on ICAAC Symposia on Emerging Infections. The editors are in the forefront of the scientific and clinical communities dealing with emerging pathogens. Emerging Infections 1 provides an up-to-date discussion of new and emerging infections. Each chapter is written by an expert in the field and covers basic science as well as clinical topics. The topics range from viruses to bacteria with two concluding chapters on the global response to new and emerging pathogens. This book and the series will be valuable and popular for a wide range of people working in the fields of microbiology, infectious diseases, epidemiology, public health, and medicine. TABLE OF CONTENTS: Epidemic Dengue and Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever Hemorrhagic Fevers Recurrent Emergence of Venezuelan Equine Encephalomyelitis Flying Foxes, Horses, and Humans: a Zoonosis Caused by a New Member of the Paramyxoviridae The Reemergence of Rabies Emerging Human Ehrlichioses The Reemergence of Severe Group A Streptococcal Disease Patterns in the Emergence of Epidemic Meningococcal Disease Escherichia coli O157:H7 Bartonella: an Emerging Human Pathogen Epidemic Diphtheria in the Newly Independent States of the Former Soviet Union A Convergence of Tick-Transmitted Diseases within the Lyme Disease transmission Cycle Helicobacter pylori and Gastroduodenal Disorders The Changing Nature of Nontuberculous Mycobacteriology Emerging Fungal Pathogens Emerging Enteric Protozoa: Cryptosporidium, Cyclospora, and Microsporidia Emerging and Reemerging Infections Addressing the Challenges of Emerging Infectious Diseases