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Infectious Disease Prevention and Control

Infectious disease surveillance: a cornerstone for prevention and control

In view of the galloping pace of globalization that is transforming the world into a global village, close international cooperation is essential in the detection , prevention, and control of communicable diseases.

Infectious disease prevention and control: remembering 1908 and imagining 2108.

n a short 100 years, humanity has changed course beyond measure. The world's population has grown sevenfold from 1 billion to near 7 billion, life expectancy has increased by half again from 50 to 75 years, and disease burden has been dramatically reduced. Although most of the health gains have occurred in the Western developed countries, globalization is rapidly altering the pace of change eve...

Infectious disease-related laws: prevention and control measures

OBJECTIVES This study examines recently revised Korean government legislation addressing global infectious disease control for public health emergency situations, with the aim of proposing more rational, effective and realistic interpretations and applications for improvement of law. METHODS The Korea reported its first laboratory-confirmed case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) coro...

Infectious Disease: Pathogenesis, Prevention and Case Studies

The authors have assembled a collection of case studies about the 40 infectious diseases that cause the most illness and death worldwide. Each chapter begins with a brief case presentation. This example is followed by a section on microbiologic aspects of the organism, including the pathophysiology of infection. The host response is then described, followed by a discussion of clinical manifesta...