Emerging infections 9 [[electronic resource] /] / edited by W. Michael Scheld, M. Lindsay Grayson, James M. Hughes

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910830461303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C., : ASM Press, 2010
• ISBN: 1-68367-125-2; 1-283-03439-5; 9786613034397; 1-55581-680-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (407 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): ScheldMichael W; GraysonM. Lindsay; HughesJames M
• Disciplina: 614; 616.9
• Soggetti: Communicable diseases - Epidemiology; Communicable diseases
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Lessons from the Southern Hemisphere: the First Wave of the 2009 Influenza Pandemic in Australia; 2. Reemergence of Human Adenovirus 14; 3. Is Acanthamoeba polyphaga Mimivirus an Emerging Causative Agent of Pneumonia?; 4. The Global Impact of Hepatitis E: New Horizons for an Emerging Virus; 5. New Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus-Like Arenavirus Infections; 6. Human T-Lymphotropic Virus 1: Clinical Aspects of a Neglected Infection among Indigenous Populations; 7. Cytomegalovirus Infection in Transplantation; 8. Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Associated Malignancies9. Arcobacter: an Opportunistic Human Food-Borne Pathogen?; 10. Global Spread of Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacilli; 11. Sepsis in Sub-Saharan Africa; 12. Understanding Buruli Ulcer (Mycobacterium ulcerans Disease); 13. Plasmodium knowlesi: the Fifth Human Malarial Parasite; 14. "Emerging" Neglected Tropical Diseases; 15. Infections in Long-Term Care Facilities; 16. Emerging Infectious Diseases in Mobile ; Populations; 17. One World-One Health; 18. Emerging Infectious Plant Diseases; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Since 1995, the program committees of the Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy and the Infectious Diseases Society of America have organized sessions on current and emerging infectious disease threats during their annual meetings. Chapters in Emerging Infections 9 are based on recent sessions, focusing on a broad range of infectious agents that pose challenges for the clinical, laboratory, research, public health, and animal health communities.