Do infectious diseases pose a serious threat?
By: Viqi Wagner, book editor.
Contributors: Wagner, Viqi, 1953-
Series: At issue; At issue (San Diego, Calif.)
Publisher: Greenhaven Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Farmington Hills, MI
Language: eng
Number of pages: 126
ISBN-13: 9780737723304
Subjects: Communicable diseases -- Popular works; Public health -- Popular works; Emerging infectious diseases -- Popular works; Epidemiology -- Popular works
Genres: Popular works.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 120-122) and index.
Table of contents: title: The global threat of infectious diseases : an overview -- National Intelligence Council; title: Modern trends greatly increase the threat of infectious diseases -- Jennifer Brower and Peter Chalk; title: Bioterrorism poses a major threat to public health -- Mark G. Kortepeter and Gerald W. Parker; title: The threat of bioterrorism has been exaggerated -- Victor W. Sidel, Robert M. Gould, and Hillel W. Cohen; title: Bioterrorism research diverts attention from more serious disease threats -- Merrill Goozner; title: AIDS is devastating Africa -- Karen A. Stanecki; title: AIDS is not the cause of the African health crisis -- Charles Geshekter; title: SARS is a continuing threat -- National Intelligence Council; title: Antibiotic-resistant infectious diseases are a major threat -- World Health Organization; title: Sexually transmitted diseases are a serious social and economic threat -- David J. Landry and Wendy Turnbull; title: The smallpox threat warrants mass vaccination -- William J. Bicknell and Kenneth D. Bloem; title: The smallpox threat does not warrant mass vaccination -- Henry I. Miller; title: Global public health systems must be improved to combat infectious diseases -- David L. Heymann; title: Vaccine development is vital to controlling infectious diseases -- Gustav Nossal; title: Technological advances are key to controlling infectious diseases-- Anthony S. Fauci.