xix, 381 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 26 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Avian influenza A (H5N1) virus -- Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) -- Human metapneumovirus -- Changing patterns of respiratory viral infections in transplant recipients -- Monkeypox virus: insights on its emergence in human populations -- West Nile virus -- Chandipura encephalitis: a newly recognized disease of public health importance in India -- Emergence of novel retroviruses -- Community-associated methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus -- Carbapenem resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae and other members of the family enterobacteriaceae -- The emerging role of klebsiellae in liver abscess -- Conjugate vaccines as probes to define the burden of pneumococcal and haemophilus influenzae type b pneumonia as well as the role of viruses in the pathogenesis of pneumonia -- Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis and Crohn's disease -- Zygomycosis -- Emerging food- and waterborne protozoan diseases -- Multidrug-resistant acinetobacter infections in U.S. military personnel, 2003 to 2005 -- Leishmaniasis in American soldiers: parasites from the front -- Smallpox vaccination: a review of adverse events for contemporary health care providers.