| Description |
ix, 133 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Series |
Oxford biology |
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Oxford biology readers.
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| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Contents -- Contributors vii -- List of Abbreviation ix -- 1 Introduction 1 -- A. R. McLean, R. M. May, J. Pattison, and R. A. Weiss -- 2 Environmental and social influences on emerging infectious diseases: past, present, and future 4 -- A. J. McMichael -- 3 Evolutionary genetics and the emergence of SARS Coronavirus 16 -- Edward C. Holmes and Andrew Rambaut -- 4 Influenza as a model system for studying the cross-species transfer and evolution of the SARS coronavirus 24 -- Robin M. Bush -- 5 Management and prevention of SARS in China 31 -- Nanshan Zhong and Guangqiao Zeng -- 6 Confronting SARS: a view from Hong Kong 35 -- J. S. M. Peiris and Y. Guan -- 7 The aetiology of SARS: Koch's postulates fulfilled 41 -- A. D. M. E. Osterhaus, R. A. M. Fouchier, and T. Kuiken -- 8 Laboratory diagnosis of SARS 43 -- Bermingham A., Heinen P., Iturriza-GmĖ¤ara M., Gray J., Appleton H., and Zambon M. C. -- 9 Animal origins of SARS Coronavirus: possible links with the international trade in small carnivores 51 -- Diana Bell, Scott Roberton, and Paul R. Hunter -- 10 Epidemiology, transmission dynamics, and control of SARS: the 2002-2003 epidemic 61 -- Roy M. Anderson, Christophe Fraser, Azra C. Ghani, Christl A. Donnelly, Steven Riley, Neil M. Ferguson, Gabriel M. Leung, T. H. Lam, and Anthony J. Hedley -- 11 Dynamics of modern epidemics 81 -- D. Brockmann, L. Hufnagel, and T. Geisel -- 12 The International response to the outbreak of SARS, 2003 92 -- David L. Heymann -- 13 The Experience of the 2003 SARS outbreak as a traumatic stress among frontline health-care workers in Toronto: lessons learned 96 -- Robert Maunder MD, William Lancee PhD, Sean Rourke, Jonathan Hunter MD, David Goldbloom MD, Ken Balderson MD, Patricia Petryshen, Molyn Leszcz, Rosalie Steinberg, Donald Wasylenki, David Koh, and Calvin S. L. Fones -- 14 Informed consent and public health 107 -- Onora O'Neill -- 15 What have we learnt from SARS? 112 -- Robin A. Weiss and Angela McLean |
| Summary |
"SARS: a case study in emerging infections provides an up-to-date and accessible overview of the tasks that must be addressed by a community that wishes to confront emerging infections. Each chapter is written by a world expert and offers an authoritative and timely overview of its subject. While focusing on SARS, the book addresses a whole range of pertinent 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. The book will be of interest to students, academics, and policy makers working in the fields of disease ecology, medicine, and public health."--BOOK JACKET |
| Analysis |
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome |
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Disease outbreaks |
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Statistics |
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Overseas item |
| Notes |
"Originating from contribution to a Discussion Meeting of the Royal Society of London." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-126) and index |
| Subject |
SARS (Disease) -- Epidemiology.
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| Author |
McLean, Angela.
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Royal Society (Great Britain)
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| LC no. |
2004027494 |
| ISBN |
0198568193 alkaline paper |
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0198568185 alkaline paper |
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