The pandemic threat: why it matters -- Outbreaks, epidemics, and pandemics -- Concepts of occurrence, progression, and spectrum of disease -- Chain of infection -- Deadliest outbreaks and pandemics in history -- Factors in the emergence of infectious diseases -- One Health initiative -- Notable pseudopandemics of the last century -- Bioterrorism and the pandemic potential -- HIV/AIDS -- Chikungunya -- Cholera -- Coronaviruses -- Ebola -- Influenza -- Malaria -- Meningitis -- Nipah virus infection -- Smallpox -- Tuberculosis -- Yellow fever -- Zika -- Preventing avoidable epidemics -- Antimicrobial drug resistance and emerging infectious disease -- Hospital-based infections -- Laboratory-guided detection of disease outbreaks -- Disease surveillance -- Role of technology and surveillance systems in public-health response -- Disease control and containment -- Developing interventions -- Pharmacological interventions: medical countermeasures -- Community mitigation interventions -- Getting ahead of the next pandemic -- The 1918 flu pandemic: why it matters 100 years later -- Viruses of special concern -- Getting your household ready for pandemic flu -- The national pandemic strategy -- Strategic stockpiling for the next influenza pandemic -- Global health security: prevent, detect, and respond to global health threats -- A look back at the progress since the 2009 H1N1 pandemic -- Glossary of terms associated with outbreaks, epidemics, and pandemics -- Directory of organizations.
Summary:
"Offers basic consumer health information about epidemics, pandemics, and notable pseudopandemics over the years and across the world, disease management, including monitoring and planning, and action plan during outbreaks and for future incidents. Along with statistical data, a glossary, and directory of organizations"-- Provided by publisher.
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