21st Century Collection Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID) - Comprehensive Collection from 1995 to 2004 with ... Hemorrhagic Fevers, Ebola, Encephalitis [CD-ROM]

Centers for Disease Control (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 2004

This incredible CD-ROM provides a comprehensive collection of the electronic versions of EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES (EID), a peer-reviewed monthly journal tracking and analyzing disease trends, published by the National Center for Infectious Diseases of the Centers for Disease Control. This collection, now in its second edition, covers January 1995 to early 2004. Some of the topics covered include: SARS, Smallpox Research: U.S. Interagency Collaboration; Anthrax of the Gastrointestinal Tract; Usutu Virus; Hantavirus; Tuberculosis; Bear Canyon Virus; Rickettsial Pox; Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever; West Nile Virus; Lyme Disease; Sin Nombre Virus; Cyclospora; Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy; Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease; Escherichia coli; Influenza; Developing New Smallpox Vaccines; Smallpox: Clinical and Epidemiologic Features; Preparing for Pandemic Influenza: The Need for Enhanced Surveillance; The Economic Impact of Pandemic Influenza in the United States; Clinical Epidemiology of Malaria in the Highlands of Western Kenya; Saint Louis Encephalitis; Streptococcus Pneumoniae; Parachlamydiaceae: Potential Emerging Pathogens; Staphylococcus aureus; Rhabdoviruses; Cryptosporidiosis; Trypanosomiasis; Enterococci; Simian Immunodeficiency Viruses; Urban Canine Rabies; Neisseria meningitidis; Hemorrhagic Fever; Encephalitis; Hepatitis; Salmonella; Ebola; Bat Rabies; Corynebacterium diphtheriae; AIDS; HIV; Canine parvovirus; Andes virus; Bermejo virus; Campylobacteriosis; Listeria monocytogenes; Bubonic plague; Eosinophilic Meningitis; Adenovirus Type 7; Eastern Equine Encephalomyelitis Virus; Enteroviruses; Rift Valley Fever; Distemper; Animal Rabies; Diarrheal Pathogens; Bloodstream Infections; Legionnaires' Disease; Tularemia; Bordetella pertussis; Nosocomial Infections; Cryptosporidium felis; Herpesvirus 6; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Hepatitis E Virus; Listeriosis; Leptospirosis, and much more.

In addition, there is a complete guide to the Department of Defense (DOD) Global Emerging Infections System (GEIS), established by Presidential directive in 1996 and designed to strengthen the prevention of, surveillance of and response to infectious diseases that are a threat to military personnel and families, reduce medical readiness or present a risk to U.S. national security. The GEIS consortium in the US includes the US Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland; the US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, Maryland; and the Naval Environmental Health Center, Norfolk, Virginia. DoD-GEIS has established strong working relationships with the US CDC and international health agencies. DOD-GEIS carries out the following functions: Conducts active global surveillance for infectious diseases that might affect our military personnel and their departments; carries out preventive programs to reduce or eliminate the risk of infectious diseases; trains DoD health and non-DoD personnel (at their expense) in DoD laboratories and other DoD facilities and programs; develops, in conjunction with other health programs, a robust core of preventive health/medicine (including epidemiology) expertise; educates DoD personnel on the risk of infectious diseases and the actions which can help reduce the risk; sustains and strengthens DoD's detection and diagnostic capability, especially in the CONUS and OCONUS laboratories operated by DoD; sustains and strengthens DoD's response system for addressing threats to military personnel and their families.

This CD-ROM has nearly 32,000 pages reproduced using Adobe Acrobat PDF software and Reader software is included. Acrobat cataloging technology adds enormous value and uncommon functionality to this impressive collection of government documents and material. There is no other reference that is as fast, convenient, comprehensive, and portable!

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Product Details

• CD-ROM: 31745 pages
• Publisher: Progressive Management (February 2004)
• ISBN-10: 1592486126
• ISBN-13: 978-1592486120
• Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 4.9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
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