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Record Nr.

UNINA9910964140903321

Titolo

The infectious etiology of chronic diseases : defining the relationship, enhancing the research, and mitigating the effects : workshop summary / / Stacey L. Knobler ... [et al.], editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2004

ISBN

9786610179497

9780309165914

0309165911

9781280179495

128017949X

9780309526722

0309526728

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvii, 215 pages) : illustrations

Altri autori (Persone)

KnoblerStacey

Disciplina

616.07/1

Soggetti

Chronic diseases - Etiology

Communicable diseases - Etiology

Communicable diseases - Transmission

Communicable diseases

Chronic diseases

Communicable Diseases

Chronic Disease

Communicable Diseases - transmission

Chronic Disease - epidemiology

Communicable Diseases - epidemiology

Conference Proceedings.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Workshop held October 21-22, 2002.

"Forum on Microbial Threats, Board on Global Health, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Defining the relationship: an examination of infectious agents associated with chronic diseases Endemic infectious diseases linked to



chronic diseases: implications for developing countries Obstacles and opportunities for framing future research Opportunities to prevent and mitigate the impact of chronic diseases caused by infectious agents

Sommario/riassunto

In recent years, a number of chronic diseases have been linked, in some cases definitively, to an infectious etiology: peptic ulcer disease with Helicobacter pylori, cervical cancer with several human papillomaviruses, Lyme arthritis and neuroborreliosis with Borrelia burgdorferi, AIDS with the human immunodeficiency virus, liver cancer and cirrhosis with hepatitis B and C viruses, to name a few. The proven and suspected roles of microbes does not stop with physical ailments; infections are increasingly being examined as associated causes of or possible contributors to a variety of serious, chronic neuropsychiatric disorders and to developmental problems, especially in children. The Infectious Etiology of Chronic Diseases: Defining the Relationship, Enhancing the Research, and Mitigating the Effects , summarizes a two-day workshop held by the Institute of Medicine (TM)s Forum on Microbial Threats to address this rapidly evolving field. Participants explored factors driving infectious etiologies of chronic diseases of prominence, identified difficulties in linking infectious agents with chronic outcomes, and discussed broad-based strategies and research programs to advance the field.