Global Pandemics and Epidemics and How They Relate to You

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This special edition provides information about widespread disease outbreaks and their associated threats, as well as information about disease management and advice about what to do when infectious diseases spread rapidly to many people.

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• Santé et bien-être
• Santé du quotidien
• Santé au quotidien
• Santé au quotidien
• Fitness
• Epidemic
• Pandemic
• Health
• CAB Direct (database)

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• Publié par: Infobase Publishing
• Date de parution: 01 février 2020
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780780818170
• Langue: English

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GLOBAL PANDEMICS AND EPIDEMICS AND HOW THEY RELATE TO YOU First Edition
Health Reference Series Special Edition GLOBAL PANDEMICS AND EPIDEMICS AND HOW THEY RELATE TO YOU First Edition
 
 

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Angela L. Williams, Managing Editor
 
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Names: Williams, Angela, 1963- editor.
Title: Global pandemics and epidemics and how they relate to you / edited by Angela L. Williams.
Description: First edition. | Detroit, MI: Omnigraphics, [2020] | Series: Health reference series: special edition | 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.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019051760 (print) | LCCN 2019051761 (ebook) | ISBN 9780780818163 (library binding) | ISBN 9780780818170 (ebook)
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface
Part 1: Understanding Pandemics and Epidemics
Chapter 1—The Pandemic Threat: Why It Matters
Chapter 2—Outbreaks, Epidemics, and Pandemics
Chapter 3—Concepts of Occurrence, Progression, and Spectrum of Disease
Chapter 4—Chain of Infection
Chapter 5—Deadliest Outbreaks and Pandemics in History
Chapter 6—Factors in the Emergence of Infectious Diseases
Chapter 7—One Health Initiative
Chapter 8—Notable Pseudopandemics of the Last Century
Chapter 9—Bioterrorism and the Pandemic Potential
Section 9.1—Bioterrorism Basics
Section 9.2—Potential Biological Agents
Section 9.3—Before, during, and after a Biological Threat
Part 2: Major Pandemics and Epidemics
Chapter 10—HIV/AIDS
Section 10.1—HIV/AIDS Basics
Section 10.2—Global Impact of HIV
Section 10.3—Ending the HIV Epidemic: A Plan for America
Chapter 11—Chikungunya
Chapter 12—Cholera
Chapter 13—Coronaviruses
Section 13.1—Human Coronavirus Types
Section 13.2—SARS Coronavirus
Section 13.3—MERS Coronavirus
Section 13.4—2019 Novel Coronavirus
Chapter 14—Ebola
Section 14.1—History of Ebola Virus Disease
Section 14.2—Understanding Ebola
Chapter 15—Influenza
Section 15.1—Influenza Pandemics of the 20th Century
Section 15.2—Facts about Influenza
Section 15.3—Seasonal Flu versus Pandemic Flu
Section 15.4—How the Flu Virus Can Change: “Drift” and “Shift”
Chapter 16—Malaria
Section 16.1—The Global Impact of Malaria
Section 16.2—What Is Malaria?
Chapter 17—Meningitis
Chapter 18—Nipah Virus Infection
Chapter 19—Smallpox
Chapter 20—Tuberculosis
Chapter 21—Yellow Fever
Chapter 22—Zika
Part 3: Principles of Disease Management
Chapter 23—Preventing Avoidable Epidemics
Section 23.1—Immunization and Infectious Disease
Section 23.2—Understanding How Vaccines Work
Section 23.3—What Would Happen If We Stopped Vaccinations?
Chapter 24—Antimicrobial Drug Resistance and Emerging Infectious Disease
Section 24.1—History of Antibiotics and Resistance
Section 24.2—Influenza Antiviral Drug Resistance
Section 24.3—Antimicrobial Resistance— A Global Threat
Section 24.4—National Strategy for Combating Antibiotic- Resistant Bacteria
Section 24.5—Combatting Antimicrobial Resistance Globally
Chapter 25—Hospital-Based Infections
Section 25.1—Common Types of Healthcare-Associated Infections
Section 25.2—Data on Biggest Antimicrobial Resistance Threats
Section 25.3—Patient Safety Information
Section 25.4—Containment Strategy for Healthcare-Associated Infections
Chapter 26—Laboratory-Guided Detection of Disease Outbreaks
Section 26.1—Culture-Independent Diagnostic Tests
Section 26.2—Rapid Diagnostic Tests
Chapter 27—Disease Surveillance
Section 27.1—Role of Surveillance in Disease Elimination Programs
Section 27.2—The National Notifiable Noninfectious Diseases Surveillance System
Section 27.3—Investigating an Outbreak
Section 27.4—Collecting Epidemiologic Data
Chapter 28—Role of Technology and Surveillance Systems in Public-Health Response
Chapter 29—Disease Control and Containment
Section 29.1—Standard Precautions for All Patient Care
Section 29.2—Transmission-Based Precautions
Chapter 30—Developing Interventions
Chapter 31—Pharmacological Interventions: Medical Countermeasures
Chapter 32—Community Mitigation Interventions
Section 32.1—Quarantine, Isolation, and Social Distancing
Section 32.2—Movement Restrictions and Travel Notice
Section 32.3—Guidelines for Air Travel Restrictions
Part 4: The Next Pandemic: Are We Ready?
Chapter 33—Getting Ahead of the Next Pandemic
Chapter 34—The 1918 Flu Pandemic: Why It Matters 100 Years Later
Chapter 35—Viruses of Special Concern
Chapter 36—Getting Your Household Ready for Pandemic Flu
Section 36.1—Keep Yourself and Members of Your Household Healthy by Planning for Pandemic Flu
Section 36.2—Take Action to Help Slow the Spread of Flu and Illness
Section 36.3—Before a Flu Pandemic Occurs: Plan
Section 36.4—During a Flu Pandemic: Take Action
Section 36.5—After a Flu Pandemic Has Ended: Follow Up
Chapter 37—The National Pandemic Strategy
Section 37.1—About National Pandemic Strategy
Section 37.2—Pandemic Intervals Framework
Section 37.3—Influenza Risk Assessment Tool
Section 37.4—Pandemic Severity Assessment Framework
Section 37.5—Allocating and Targeting Pandemic Influenza Vaccine during an Influenza Pandemic
Chapter 38—Strategic Stockpiling for the Next Influenza Pandemic
Chapter 39—Global Health Security: Prevent, Detect, and Respond to Global Health Threats
Section 39.1—About Global Health Security
Section 39.2—Why Global Health Security Matters
Section 39.3—The Global Health Security Agenda
Section 39.4—International Health Regulations: Enhancing Global Health Capacity
Section 39.5—Zoonotic Disease Programs for Enhancing Global Health Security
Chapter 40—A Look Back at Progress since the 2009 H1N1 Pandemic
Part 5: Additional Help and Information
Chapter 41—Glossary of Terms Associated with Outbreaks, Epidemics, and Pandemics
Chapter 42—Directory of Organizations
PREFACE
About This Book
When an infectious disease spreads rapidly to many people, it is known as an “epidemic.” The year 2014 marked the beginning of the West Africa Ebola epidemic, the largest in history when the World Health Organization (WHO) reported Ebola virus disease (EVD) cases in southeastern Guinea. If a disease outbreak occurs globally, it becomes a “pandemic,” which often is caused by a new virus that has not been in circulation among people for a long time and that spreads quickly from person to person. People have little to no immunity against it and it causes death in larger numbers.
Global Pandemics and Epidemics and How They Relate to You, First Edition provides information about outbreaks, epidemics, and pandemics and their related threats. It discusses the major epidemics, pandemics, and notable pseudopandemics that have threatened humankind over the years. It provides information about disease management, including various methods of detection, prevention, and treatment of several diseases. Steps taken by humankind to stay protected from any future outbreaks are provided, along with a glossary of related terms and directories of organizations.
How to Use This Book
This book is divided into parts and chapters. Parts focus on broad areas of interest. Chapters are devoted to single topics within a part.
Part 1: Understanding Pandemics and Epidemics presents information about pandemics and epidemics, their history, and their occurrence in the United States and across the world. It also provides information about outbreaks, pandemic threats, and other major issues caused by bioterrorism.
Part 2: Major Pandemics and Epidemics provides information about several of the deadliest outbreaks, including HIV/AIDS, chikungunya, cholera, Ebola, influenza, malaria, meningitis, Nipah virus infection, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)—related to the emerging 2020 coronavirus outbreak in China—smallpox, tuberculosis, yellow fever, and Zika.
Part 3: Principles of Disease Management talks about the steps to be taken to prevent the spread of epidemics. It provides insight into antimicrobial resistance and hospital-based infections. Disease detection, surveillance, and treatment are also discussed in detail.
Part 4: The Next Pandemic: Are We Ready? explains how to get ahead of the next pandemic. It provides information about strategies f