Infectious Diseases and Public Health (ePub)

Infectious Diseases and Public Health examines the substantial gains made in public health interventions, the rise in recent decades of a worldwide human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) pandemic, increasing antimicrobial resistance, the emergence of many new bacterial, fungal, parasitic, and viral pathogens, and the economic, social, and political burden of infectious diseases. Given the constantly evolving field of infectious diseases and their continued impact on the health of populations, especially in resource-limited areas of the world, this updated book is very much needed. Students in public health, biomedical professionals, clinicians, public health practitioners, and decisions makers all will find this information relevant to the control and prevention of neglected and emerging diseases worldwide.Focuses on neglected and emerging pathogens, with emphasis on those of public health importance in low-income countriesProvides concise information on a spectrum of infectious diseases, bridging clinical knowledge, disease epidemiology, and prevention, treatment, and control measuresIncorporates eleven extra chapters and three hundred more pagesFeatures input from well-regarded experts in clinical and public health aspects of infectious diseases who represent a broad range of developed and developing regions worldwideIncludes a new chapter on rotavirus and buruli ulcer