Infectious Diseases in an Age of Change: The Impact of Human Ecology and Behavior on Disease Transmission

Twenty-first century progress against infectious diseases is threatened by urbanization, population growth, war refugees, changing sexual standards, and a host of other factors that open doors to the transmission of deadly pathogens. Infectious Diseases in an Age of Change reports on major infectious diseases that are on the rise today because of changing conditions and identifies urgently needed public health measures. This volume looks at the range of factors that shape the epidemiology of infectious diseases--from government policies to economic trends to family practices. Describing clinical characteristics, transmission, and other aspects, the book addresses major infectious threats--sexually transmitted diseases, Lyme disease, human cytomegalovirus, diarrheal diseases, dengue fever, hepatitis viruses, HIV, and malaria. The authors also look at the rising threat of drug-resistant strains of tuberculosis, rapid exhaustion of the weapons to fight bacterial infections, and prospects for vaccinations and eradication of pathogens. Infectious Diseases in an Age of Change will be important to public health policymakers, administrators, and providers as well as epidemiologists and researchers. Table of ContentsFront MatterLyme Disease: A Growing Threat to Urban PopulationsWorking Parents: The Impact of Day Care and Breast-Feeding on Cytomegalovirus Infections in OffspringChanges in Human Ecology and Behavior in Relation to the Emergence of Diarrheal Diseases, Including CholeraDengue: The Risk to Developed and Developing CountriesHepatitis Viruses: Changing Patterns of Human DiseasePopulation Migration and the Spread of Types 1 and 2 Human Immunodeficiency VirusesImpact of Malaria on Genetic Polymorphism and Genetic Diseases in Africans and African AmericansHospital-Acquired Infections: Diseases with Increasingly Limited TherapiesEvolution of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis: A Tale of Two SpeciesEffect of Human Ecology and Behavior on Patterns of Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Including HIV InfectionGenital Human Papillomavirus InfectionHerpes Simplex Virus Infections of Women and Their Offspring: Implications for a Developed SocietyHuman Ecology and Behavior and Sexually Transmitted Bacterial InfectionsVaccines for Bacterial Sexually Transmitted Infections: A Realistic Goal?Quest for Life-Long Protection by VaccinationIndex