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vi, 521 pages : illustrations |
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Bibliography Note: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Contents Note: |
Contents: Introduction: Conceptualizing and partitioning the emergence process of zoonotic viruses from wildlife to humans / J. Childs [and others] -- Infectious disease modeling and the dynamics of transmission / L. Real [and others] -- The evolutionary genetics of viral emergence / E. Holmes [and others] -- Influenza viruses in animal wildlife populations / R. Webby [and others] -- Overviews of pathogen emergence: Which pathogens emerge, when and why? / S. Cleaveland [and others] -- Infection and disease in reservoir and spillover hosts: Determinants of pathogen emergence / P. Daniels [and others] -- Henipaviruses: Emerging paramyxoviruses associated with fruit bats / H. Field [and others] -- Emergence of lyssaviruses in the old world: The case of Africa / L. Nel [and others] -- Tuberculosis: A reemerging disease at the interface of domestic animals and wildlife / M. Palmer -- Emergence and persistence of hantaviruses / S. Klein [and others] -- Arenaviruses / J. Gonzalez [and others] -- Ecological havoc, the rise of white-tailed deer, and the emergence of Amblyomma americanum-associated zoonoses in the United States / C. Paddock [and others] -- Bats, civets and the emergence of sars / L. Wang [and others] -- Poxviruses and the passive quest for novel hosts / R. Regnery -- Ebolavirus and other filoviruses / E. Leroy [and others] -- Pre-spillover prevention of emerging zoonotic diseases: What are the targets and what are the tools? / J. Childs -- Impediments to wildlife disease surveillance, research, and diagnostics / D. Stallknecht -- Collaborative research approaches to the role of wildlife in zoonotic disease emergence / P. Daszak [and others] -- Surveillance and response to disease emergence / A. Merianos. |
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Summary, Etc. Note: |
Abstract: Wildlife and the zoonotic pathogens they reservoir are the source of most emerging infectious diseases of humans. AIDS, hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, SARS, Monkeypox and the human ehrlichioses are a few examples of the devastating effect achieved by cross-species transmission of viral and bacterial pathogens of wildlife. This volume provides an overview of zoonotic pathogen emergence with an emphasis on the role of wildlife. The first sections of the book explore the mechanisms by which evolution, biology, pathology, ecology, history, and current context have driven the emergence of different zoonotic agents, the next sections provide specific example of disease emergence linked to wildlife, and the final section offers an overview of current methods directed at the surveillance, prevention and control of zoonotic pathogens at the level of the wildlife host and possible mechanisms to improve these activities. |
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Additional Physical Forms: |
Online version: Wildlife and emerging zoonotic diseases. Berlin ; New York : Springer, ©2007 (OCoLC)844593967 |