Overview

The sudden appearance and rapid spread of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in 2002 served to alert the world to the fact that emerging infections are a global problem. Living in affluent societies with well-developed healthcare systems does not necessarily protect people from the dangers posed by life-threatening infections. The SARS epidemic tested global preparedness for dealing with a new infectious agent and raised important questions: how did we do, and what did we learn? This book uses the SARS outbreak as a case study to enumerate the generic issues that must be considered when planning the control of emerging infections. Emerging infections are more than just a current biological fashion: the bitter ongoing experience of AIDS and the looming threat of pandemic influenza teach us that the control of infectious disease is a problem we have not yet solved. Scientists from a broad range of disciplines-biologists, veterinarians, physicians, and policy makers-all need to prepare. But prepare for what? SARS: a case study in emerging infections provides an up-to-date and accessible overview of the tasks that must be addressed by a community that wishes to confront emerging infections. Each chapter is written by a world expert and offers an authoritative and timely overview of its subject. While focusing on SARS, the book addresses a whole range of pertinent considerations and issues, from the use of new mathematical models to account for the spread of infection across global airline networks, to a discussion of the ethics of quarantining individuals in order to protect communities. The book will be of interest to students, academics, and policy makers working in the fields of disease ecology, medicine, and public health.

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Author:   Angela McLean (University of Oxford, UK) ,  Robert May (University of Oxford, UK) ,  John Pattison (Department of Health, UK) ,  Robin Weiss (University College London, UK)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 18.80cm , Height: 0.80cm , Length: 24.50cm
Weight:   0.340kg
ISBN:  

9780198568193

ISBN 10:   0198568193
Pages:   144
Publication Date:   10 March 2005
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

1: Angela McLean, Robert May, John Pattison, and Robin Weiss: Introduction 2: A.J. McMichael: Environmental and social influences on emerging infectious diseases: past, present, and future 3: Edward C. Holmes and Andrew Rambaut: Evolutionary genetics and the emergence of SARS coronavirus 4: Robin Bush: Influenza as a model system for studying the cross-species transfer and evolution of the SARS coronavirus 5: Nanshan Zhong and Guangqiao Zeng: Management and prevention of SARS in China 6: Malik Peiris and Y. Guan: Confronting SARS: A view from Hong Kong 7: A.D.M.E. Osterhaus, R.A.M. Fouchier, and T. Kuiken: The aetiology of SARS: Koch's postulates fulfilled 8: A. Bermingham, P. Heinen, M. Iturriza-Gómara, J. Gray, H. Appleton, and M. Zambon: Laboratory Diagnosis of SARS 9: Diana Bell, Scott Roberton, and Paul R Hunter: Animal origins of SARS coronavirus: possible links with the international trade in small carnivores 10: Roy M. Anderson, Christophe Fraser, Azra C. Ghani, Christl A. Donnelly, Steven Riley, Neil M. Ferguson, Gabriel M. Leung, T. H. Lam, and Anthony J. Hedley: Epidemiology, transmission dynamics and control of SARS: the 2002-2003 epidemic 11: D. Brockmann, L. Hufnagel, and T. Giesel: Dynamics of modern epidemics 12: David L. Heymann: The international response to the outbreak of SARS, 2003 13: Robert Maunder, William Lancee, Sean Rourke, Jonathan Hunter, David Goldbloom, Ken Balderson, Patricia Petryshen, Molyn Leszcz, Rosalie Steinberg, Donald Wasylenki, David Koh, and Calvin S.L. Fones: The experience of the 2003 SARS outbreak as a traumatic stress among frontline healthcare workers in Toronto: lessons learned 14: Onora O'Neill: Informed consent and public health 15: Angela McLean and Robin Weiss: What have we learnt from SARS? References Index

Reviews

'generally well written and haves sufficient depth to be informative. SCIENCE 'It is hard to think of a more eloquent group of people writing in this general arena... I would certainly use the book as additional reading in the course I teach...' Professor Andrew Dobson (Princeton University)

Author Information

Angela McLean is a University Lecturer in the Zoology Department of the University of Oxford. Her professional interests are the transmission dynamics and within-host dynamics of infectious agents. Lord Robert May of Oxford is President of the Royal Society and Professor of Zoology at the University of Oxford. John Pattison is Director of Research and Development at the Department of Health in the UK. Robin Weiss is Professor of Viral Oncology at University College London.

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