BookI. W. Fong, editor.
Summary: "This new volume ... aims to address demands and challenges that various infections present to the world at large ('global challenges'), such as the HIV pandemic, continuous threat of spreading common multiresistant pathogenic bacteria, multidrug and extensive drug-resistant tuberculosis, and the influence we can expect on these epidemics with global climate change and international urbanization ... Chapters on these various topics authored by world-renowned experts on these areas provide state-of-the-art reviews on epidemiology, biology, clinical aspects, prevention, current approaches to control, and prevention such as new vaccines, and reassessment of past and present methods are discussed"--Preface.
Contents:
HIV epidemic
Multidrug-resistant bacteria: the emerging crisis
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: a global challenge
Urbanization and infectious diseases: general principles, historical perspectives, and contemporary challenges
Challenges in enteric epidemics: barometers of inadequate water and sanitation
Challenges in the control and eradication of malaria
Lymphatic filariasis: progress and challenges in the move toward elimination
Leishmaniasis: challenges in the control and eradication
Challenges in controlling and eliminating schistosomiasis
Dengue infections.