The new epidemics
Contribuinte(s) |
Fleming, Mary-Lou Parker, Elizabeth |
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Data(s) |
2009
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Resumo |
In developed countries we once thought that the scourge of infectious diseases was tamed. Antibiotics were controlling infection in individual patients, vaccines were preventing illness and great faith was placed in the capacity of science to confound the most cunning organism. However, things have changed and in the new millennium we are confronting a host of challenges to public health from infectious diseases. Epidemics mean an excess of cases in the community from that normally expected or the appearance of a new infection (Webber ####, 22) Chapter 11 outlined the background to infectious diseases and the individual strategies directed towards the control and management of infectious diseases. The aim of this chapter is to outline the impact that infectious diseases have on population health, to identify the risks of major outbreaks and to identify the strategies required to reduce the risk and to manage any possible outbreak. |
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application/pdf |
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Publicador |
Elsevier Australia |
Relação |
http://eprints.qut.edu.au/32926/1/c32926.pdf http://shop.elsevier.com.au/product.jsp?isbn=9780729538909 FitzGerald, Gerard (2009) The new epidemics. In Fleming, Mary-Lou & Parker, Elizabeth (Eds.) Introduction to Public Health. Elsevier Australia, Sydney, Australia, pp. 332-349. |
Direitos |
Copyright 2009 Elsevier |
Fonte |
Faculty of Health; Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation; School of Public Health & Social Work |
Palavras-Chave | #110306 Endocrinology #110309 Infectious Diseases #111799 Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified #Pandemic #Epidemic #Disaster Management #Infectious Diseases |
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Book Chapter |