Main description:

This volume in the series is based on ICAAC and IDSA Symposia on Emerging Infections.

Features contributions from the foremost experts in their respective fields of research
Presents the most current research on new and emerging infections
Offers up-to-date information on diseases that have generated international interest
Includes figures, tables, and references

Contents:

Table of Contents

1. Novel Non-SARS Coronaviruses, Larry J. Anderson and Lia M. Haynes
2. Human Bocavirus: a Newly Discovered Human Parvovirus, Jeffrey S. Kahn and Peter Tattersall

3. Norovirus Gastroenteritis, Tibor Farkas, Ming Tan, and Xi Jiang

4. New Human Parechoviruses: Six and Counting, Kimberley S. M. Benschop, Glyn Stanway, and Katja C. Wolthers

5. Adenoviral Infections in Transplant Recipients, Evan J. Anderson and Michael G. Ison
6. Japanese Encephalitis Prevention and Control: Advances, Challenges, and New Initiatives, Marc Fischer, Susan Hills, Erin Staples, Barbara Johnson, Mansour Yaich, and Tom Solomon

7. Epidemic Emergence of Chikungunya Virus: Options for Control of an Enzootic Virus, Ann M. Powers

8. Lyssaviruses: beyond Rabies, Joe McCormack and Ina Smith

9. Hendra and Nipah Viruses: Lethal Zoonotic Paramyxoviruses, Kimberly A. Bishop and Christopher C. Broder

10. Combating and Predicting Rift Valley Fever Outbreaks: a Scientific and Geopolitical Challenge for the Future, Veronique Chevalier, Vincent Martin, Stephane de La Rocque, and Francois Roger

11. Streptococcus suis: the Threat Remains, Qiao-Ping Wang and Zhao-Rong Lun

12. Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Loren Gregory Miller and Samantha J. Eells

13. Pertussis, Tejpratap S. P. Tiwari

14. Recent Trends in Outbreaks of Salmonellosis in the United States, Michael F. Lynch

15. Klebsiella oxytoca as a Cause of Antibiotic-Associated Colitis, Christoph Hoegenauer and Thomas Hinterleitner

16. Clostridium difficile Disease, Daniel M. Musher and Saima Aslam

17. Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis, Neil W. Schluger

18. Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome, Patrick H. P. Soentjens, Graeme Meintjes, Martyn A. French, and Robert Colebunders

19. Non-albicans Candida Infections, Jack D. Sobel and Sanjay Revankar

20. Emerging Tools for Microbial Diagnosis, Surveillance, and Discovery, W. Ian Lipkin, Gustavo Palacios, and Thomas Briese