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Author(s): Michael C. LeMay
Series: Contemporary world issues
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Year: 2016
Language: English
Pages: 366
City: Santa Barbara
Tags: Pandemics
Cover......Page 1
Half Title......Page 2
Title......Page 6
Copyright......Page 7
Contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 18
Introduction......Page 24
Notable Epidemic/Pandemic Diseases of the Past......Page 28
Yellow Fever......Page 29
Smallpox......Page 32
Cholera......Page 38
Plague......Page 51
Influenza......Page 58
Trachoma......Page 68
Germ Theory and Medical Science Developments to Cope with Pandemics......Page 70
The Pandemics of the 20th Century......Page 76
Conclusion......Page 78
References......Page 79
Introduction......Page 86
The Inevitability of a Future Pandemic......Page 87
Political Exigencies Tend to Trump Medical Advice......Page 98
While Preventive Medicine is Best, It Is Too Often Ignored......Page 99
Mission Complexity Hampers Effective Response......Page 101
As Man Adapts to Nature, Nature Adapts to Man......Page 105
Humankind Is Its Own Enemy......Page 109
The Special Threat of Bioterrorism......Page 112
The Need for an Early Warning System in a Complex, Interconnected World......Page 115
Establishing International Cooperation to Face a Global Threat......Page 118
The Need for Elaborate International and National Planning......Page 122
The Antivaccination Movement......Page 125
Large-Scale Urbanization Spreads Disease......Page 126
The Need for Clinical Trial Speedups......Page 127
The Need for Pandemic Preparedness......Page 128
Solutions......Page 129
Conclusion......Page 130
References......Page 132
Perspectives on HIV/AIDS Pandemic in the United States, South Africa, and Sri Lanka: Liesl Nydegger......Page 138
"Quick Response" Deployment Assists Ebola Crisis Humanitarian Mission: As told to the author by Staff Sergeant Jose Marquez and Specialist Rion McWilliams, U.S. Army......Page 145
Fighting Measles at the Grassroots Level: Lions Clubs International Foundation......Page 150
Samaritan's Purse International Relief Medical Responses: Haiti, Philippines, and Ebola: Bev Kauffeldt, Linda M. Mobula, and Lance Plyler......Page 155
Dengue Fever: Amanda Naprawa......Page 160
Vaccines Are the Key to Preventing Global Disease Pandemics: Angela Quinn......Page 166
How to End a Disease: The Global Polio Eradication Initiative: John Hewko......Page 174
Air Travel and Aedes Mosquito-borne Diseases: Sahotra Sarkar......Page 181
Anthony Banbury (1964– )......Page 188
Emil von Behring (1854–1917)......Page 189
Seth Berkley (1956– )......Page 190
Larry Brilliant......Page 191
John S. Brownstein......Page 192
Albert Calmette (1863–1933)......Page 193
Ernst Chain (1906–1979)......Page 194
Nancy Cox......Page 195
John Franklin Enders (1897–1985)......Page 196
Paul Farmer (1959– )......Page 197
Howard Florey (1898–1968)......Page 198
Tom Frieden (1960– )......Page 199
Keiji Fukuda......Page 200
Camille Guerin (1872–1961)......Page 201
Alan Hay......Page 202
Donald A. Henderson (1928– )......Page 203
Maurice Hilleman (1919–2005)......Page 204
Edward Jenner (1749–1823)......Page 205
Kamran Khan......Page 206
Robert Koch (1843–1910)......Page 207
Joseph Lister (1827–1912)......Page 208
Vivek H. Murthy......Page 209
Michael Osterholm......Page 210
Peter Piot (1949– )......Page 211
Ludwick Rajchman (1881–1965)......Page 212
Walter Reed (1851–1902)......Page 213
Frederick C. Robbins (1916–2003)......Page 214
Albert Sabin (1906–1993)......Page 215
Jonas Salk (1915–1995)......Page 216
Sahotra Sarkar (1962– )......Page 217
George Miller Sternberg (1838–1915)......Page 218
Jeffrey Taubenberger (1961– )......Page 219
Thomas H. Weller (1915–2008)......Page 220
Nathan Wolfe......Page 221
Michael Worobey......Page 222
Raymond Zilinskas......Page 223
Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry (ATSDR)......Page 224
Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (Canada)......Page 225
Center for Biologics Evaluative Research......Page 226
Center for Emerging Zoonotic and Infectious Diseases (at the CDC)......Page 227
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)......Page 228
Eco Health Alliance......Page 229
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)......Page 230
Health Alert Network......Page 231
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) International......Page 232
National Institutes of Health......Page 233
Partners in Health......Page 234
Rotary International (PolioPlus)......Page 235
Society for General Microbiology......Page 236
UN International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF)......Page 237
United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases......Page 238
World Federation of Public Health Associations......Page 239
Table 5.1: Timetable of the 2014 Ebola Pandemic......Page 242
Table 5.2: The Nine Deadliest Viruses......Page 244
Table 5.3: Chronology of U.S. Legislation Regarding USMHS/PHS......Page 245
Table 5.5: Ebola Outbreaks in West Africa......Page 247
Table 5.6: Major Epidemics in U.S. History......Page 248
Table 5.8: Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers and Antibiotic Resistance......Page 250
Table 5.9: Surgeon Generals of the United States Public Health Service......Page 251
Table 5.10: Emerging Pathogens Worldwide, 1930 to Present......Page 252
Table 5.11: Critical Pathogen Agents......Page 254
Table 5.12: Timeline of the Pioneers of Vaccines......Page 255
Map 5.1: Zika Outbreak, 2015–2016......Page 257
Figure 5.1 Ebola......Page 258
Figure 5.2 The 1918 Influenza Pandemic......Page 259
Figure 5.3 The Scope and Impact of HIV/AIDS in the United States......Page 260
Letter from Lady Montagu Regarding Inoculation against Smallpox (1717)......Page 261
Newspaper Article on a Smallpox Outbreak in New York City (1731)......Page 263
The Scourge of Yellow Fever, Philadelphia (1793)......Page 264
Winfield Scott on the Cholera Epidemic during the Black Hawk War (1832)......Page 267
Raphael Semmes's Account of an Epidemic aboard Ship during the Mexican War (1851)......Page 269
Massachusetts Law Requiring Vaccination of School Children (1855)......Page 272
Act of March 3, 1891, Allowing Medical Exams by the USMHS......Page 273
Walter Reed and the Eradication of Yellow Fever......Page 275
Excerpts from Jacobson v. Massachusetts (1905)......Page 277
Excerpts from Clara Barton's Article on Yellow Fever in Cuba (1912)......Page 288
Charter of the World Health Organization (1946)......Page 290
The WHO's Global Immunization Vision and Strategy Program (2006)......Page 294
Books......Page 298
Scholarly Journals......Page 327
Films......Page 337
Videos......Page 338
7 CHRONOLOGY......Page 348
Glossary......Page 354
Index......Page 368
About the Author......Page 386
