Readings

1: Overview and Surveillance of Emerging Infections

Emerging Infections 1992 Report (Textbook), Institute of Medicine, pp.34-117.

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. Disease and Evolution: Global Changes and Emergence of Infectious Diseases. M.E. Wilson, R. Levine, A. Spielman Eds. Vol. 740, pp. 1-12.

2: Geographical Information Systems

Richards TB, Croner CM, Novick LF. "Geographic information systems (GIS) for state and local public health practitioners, Part 1." J Public Health Manag Pract, 1999 Mar; 5(2): 73-6.

Richards TB, Croner CM, Novick LF. "Geographic information systems in public health, part 2." J Public Health Manag Pract, 1999 Jul; 5(4): 1-6.

3: Antibiotic Resistance

Editorials concerning antimicrobial resistance. BMJ, 1998 Sep; 317: 609-16.

Tenover FC, Hughes JM. "The challenges of emerging infectious diseases: development and spread of multiply-resistant bacterial pathogens." JAMA, 1996 Jan; 275(4): 300-304.

O'Brien TF. "The global epidemic nature of antimicrobial resistance and the need to monitor and manage it locally." Clin Infect Dis, 1997; 24(Suppl I): S2-S8.

Cohn DL, Bustreo F, Raviglione MC. "Drug-resistant tuberculosis: review of the worldwide situation and the WHO/IUATLD global surveillance project." Clin Infect Dis, 1997; 24(Suppl I): S121-S130.

4: Tuberculosis: Its Reemergence, Resistance, and Therapies

Dye C et al. "Consensus statement. Global burden of tuberculosis: estimated incidence, prevalence, and mortality by country. WHO Global Surveillance and Monitoring Project." JAMA, 1999 Aug 18; 282(7): 677-86.

Pablos-Mendez A et al. "Global surveillance for antituberculosis-drug resistance, 1994-1997. World Health Organization-International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease Working Group on Anti-Tuberculosis Drug Resistance Surveillance." N Engl J Med, 1998 Jun 4; 338(23): 1641-9.

5: Bioterrorism: Alert and Response

Pavlin JA. "Epidemiology of bioterrorism." Emerg Infect Dis, 1999 Jul-Aug; 5(4): 528-30.

Danzig R, Berkowsky PB. "Why should we be concerned about biological warfare?" JAMA, 1997; 278(5): 431-432.

Torok TJ, Tauxe RV, Wise RP, Livengood JR, Sokolow R, Mauvais S, Birkness KA, Skeels MR, Horan JM, Foster LR. "A large community outbreak of salmonellosis caused by intentional contamination of restaurant salad bars." JAMA, 1997, 278(5): 389-395.

Holloway HC, Norwood AE, Fullerton CS, Engel CC Jr, Ursano RJ. "The threat of biological weapons: prophylaxis and mitigation of psychological and social consequences." JAMA, 1997; 278(5): 425-427. (Optional)

6: The Changing Faces of Quarantine

Freedman, Kozarsky, Weld, and Cetron for Geosentinel Study Group. "Geosentinel: the global emerging infections sentinel network of the International Society of Travel Medicine." Journal of Travel Medicine, 1999; 6: 94-98.

Cetron M, Keystone J, Shlim D, Steffen R. "Travelers' Health." Emerg Infect Dis, 1998 Jul-Sep; 4(3): 405-409.

CDC. Enhanced Medical Assessment Strategy for Barawan Somali Refugees – Kenya, 1997. MMWR, 1998; 46(52-53): 1250-1254.

Cetron MS, Chitsulo L, Sullivan JJ, Pilcher J, Wilson M, Noh J, Tsang VC, Hightower AW, Addiss DG. "Schistosomiasis in Lake Malawi." Lancet, 1996 Nov; 348: 1274-78.

CDC. Update: outbreak of Influenza A infection – Alaska and the Yukon Territory. MMWR, 1998; 47(33): 685-688.

CDC. Outbreak of Influenza A infection among travelers – Alaska and the Yukon Territory, MMWR, 1999; 48 (25): 545-6, 555.

7: Emerging and Reemerging Diseases in Korea

Kim JS. "Leptospirosis: a newly identified disease in Korea." Asia Pac J Public Health, 1987; 1(1): 61-68.

Kim JS, Chun BC. "Emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases in Korea." Korean Journal of Epidemiology, 1997 Dec; 19(2): 81-94.

8: Bird Flu and Influenza Updates

Cox NJ and Fukuda K. "Influenza." Infect Dis Clin North Am, 1998 Mar; 12(1): 27-38.

Webster RG. "Influenza virus: transmission between species and relevance to emergence of the next human pandemic". Arch Virol Suppl, 1997; 13: 105-13. (Optional)

Anon. "Prevention and control of influenza: recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. MMWR, 1999; 48(RR-6): 1-28. (Optional)

9: Foodborne Illness, E. Coli, and Food Processing Issues

Armstrong GL et al. "Emerging foodborne pathogens: Escherichia coli 0157:H7 as a model of entry of a new pathogen into the food supply of the developed world." Epidemiologic Reviews, 1996; 18(1): 29-51.

Mead PS et al. "Food-related illness and death in the United States. Emerg Infect Dis, 1999 Sep-Oct; 5(5): 607-25.

10: Vector-Borne Diseases

Gubler DJ. "Dengue and dengue hemorrhagic fever." Clinical Microbiology Reviews, 1998; 11(3): 480-496.

Gubler DJ. "Resurgent vector-borne diseases as a global health problem." Emerging Infectious Diseases, 1998; 4(3): 442-50.

Tsai TF, Popovici F, Cernescu C, Campbell GL. Nedelcu NI., for the Investigative Team. "West Nile encephalitis epidemic in southeastern Romania." Lancet, 1998; 352: 767-771, 1998.

11: New STDs and HIV

Holmes K. "Human ecology and behavior and sexually transmitted bacterial infections." Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences, 1994 March; 91: 2448-2455.

12: Vaccine Initiatives and Updates

Kane MA. "Status of hepatitis B immunization programmes in 1998." Vaccine, 1998 Nov; 16 Suppl: S104-8.

Simonsen L, Kane A, Lloyd J, Zaffran M, Kane M. "Unsafe injections in the developing world and transmission of bloodborne pathogens: a review." Bull World Health Organ, 1999; 77(10): 789-800.

Maynard JE, Kane MA, Hadler SC. "Global control of hepatitis B through vaccination: role of hepatitis B vaccine in the Expanded Programme on Immunization." Rev Infect Dis, 1989 May-Jun; 11 Suppl 3: S574-8.

13: WHO, PAHO

Heymann DL. "Infectious Diseases: Still a Threat at the Turn of the Century."

Heymann, DL. "Challenges - Reemerging pathogens and diseases out of control." The Lancet, 1997 June; 349(suppl III): 8-10.

Plotkin BJ, Kimball AM. Designing an international policy and legal framework for the control of emerging infectious diseases: first steps. Emerg Infect Dis, 1997 Jan-Mar; 3(1): 1-9.