"Social Ecology of Infectious Diseases" explores how human
activities enable microbes to disseminate and evolve, thereby
creating favorable conditions for the diverse manifestations of
communicable diseases. Today, infectious and parasitic diseases
cause about one-third of deaths and are the second leading cause of
morbidity and mortality. The speed that changes in human behavior
can produce epidemics is well illustrated by AIDS, but this is only
one of numerous microbial threats whose severity and spread are
determined by human behaviors. In this book, forty experts in the
fields of infectious diseases, the life sciences and public health
explore how demography, geography, migration, travel, environmental
change, natural disaster, sexual behavior, drug use, food
production and distribution, medical technology, training and
preparedness, as well as governance, human conflict and social
dislocation influence current and likely future epidemics.
* Provides essential understanding of current and future
epidemics
* Presents a crossover perspective for disciplines in the medical
and social sciences and public policy, including public health,
infectious diseases, population science, epidemiology,
microbiology, food safety, defense preparedness and humanitarian
relief
* Creates a new perspective on ecology based on the interaction of
microbes and human activities
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