Overview
The volume will be a timely and relevant work, especially given the recent bout of outbreaks featured in the news
The editors and contributors are all prominent and highly-respected in the field
The text will highlight the historical description of the infectious diseases, analysis of the cause and forecast of future outbreaks, and the regional and global impact of the diseases
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Other Infections
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Reviews
"Through recounts of lessons learned from the past coupled with up-to-date research data and current disease-fighting campaigns, this book acquaints readers with infectious diseases emerging out of Asia and threatening to be the next pandemic. … Epidemiologists in the field, policy makers for national pandemic preparedness plans, and public health students in the classroom can benefit from this book. … overall it provides a sound reference for the current status of infectious diseases in Asia." (Whitney S Baker, Doody’s Review Service, August, 2008)
"Emerging infections in Asia provides an informative overview of several key public health challenges facing the world's most densely populated areas. A thoughtful approach to infection control and prevention is the foundation of this well written and instructive volume. [It] not only details specific infections but improves the reader's understanding of the unique interplay among individuals, animals, and travelers in settings with limited environmental and monetary resources.... The level of detail is sophisticated but still accessible, even to the nonmedical reader. If nothing else, the 2 chapters on avian influenza offer one of the most thoughtful yet succinct commentaries written about this potential pandemic. By recording the past and looking to the future, the contributors of Emerging Infections in Asia remind readers that when it comes to infectious diseases, the world will continue to get smaller." (Preeti N. Malani, MD, MSJ, JAMA 301:4, Janurary 2009)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Yichen Lu is the Executive Director at the Institute for International Vaccine Development, Cambridge, MA; the Principal Research Scientist at the Harvard AIDS Institute; and the Special Professor and Director, Nankai Vaccine Laboratory, Nankai University, China.
Max Essex is the Chairman of the Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health and Chairman of the Harvard AIDS Institute.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Emerging Infections in Asia
Editors: Yichen Lu, M. Essex, Bryan Roberts
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-75722-3
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag US 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-75721-6Published: 11 April 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-4541-9Published: 04 November 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-75722-3Published: 13 March 2008
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 250
Number of Illustrations: 42 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour
Topics: Public Health, Epidemiology, Medicine/Public Health, general