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SARS: A case study in emerging infections

ISBN: 0198568193 ;ISBN: 9780198568193 ;ISBN: 0198568185 ;ISBN: 9780198568186 ;EISBN: 9780191718175 ;EISBN: 0191718173 ;EISBN: 9780191524479 ;EISBN: 0191524476 ;DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198568193.001.0001 ;OCLC: 271201006

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  • Title:
    SARS: A case study in emerging infections
  • Author: McLean, Angela ; May, Robert ; Pattison, John ; Weiss, Robin
  • May, Robert ; McLean, Angela ; Pattison, John ; Weiss, Robin
  • Subjects: Bioethics ; Bioinformatics and Computational Biology ; Disease Ecology and Epidemiology ; Epidemiology ; SARS (Disease)
  • Description: The sudden appearance and rapid spread of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in 2003 alerted 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 that has not been solved. Scientists from a broad range of disciplines — biologists, veterinarians, physicians, and policy makers — all need to prepare. But prepare for what? The book provides an overview of the tasks that must be addressed by a community that wishes to confront emerging infections. While focusing on SARS, the book addresses a whole range of 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.
  • Publisher: Oxford: Oxford University Press
  • Creation Date: 2005
  • Format: 144
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISBN: 0198568193
    ISBN: 9780198568193
    ISBN: 0198568185
    ISBN: 9780198568186
    EISBN: 9780191718175
    EISBN: 0191718173
    EISBN: 9780191524479
    EISBN: 0191524476
    DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198568193.001.0001
    OCLC: 271201006
  • Source: Ebook Central Academic Complete
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