Outbreak alert
Subtitle: responding to the increasing threat of infectious diseases
By: Jason Eberhart-Phillips.
Publisher: New Harbinger Pub.
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Oakland, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 298
Subjects: Communicable diseases -- Popular works.; Epidemiology -- Popular works.
Genres: Popular works.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-287) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to emergence; title: Examples of emergence; title: Travel and commerce; title: Changing human demographics; title: Human behavior; title: Technology and industry; title: Ecological changes: land use and climate; title: Microbial adaptation and change; title: Antimicrobial resistance; title: Breakdown of the public health infrastructure; title: Biological terrorism; title: Responding to the threats; title: Appendix: On-line resources in emerging infectious diseases.