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The National Plant Genome Initiative was launched in 1998 as a
long-term project to explore DNA structure and function in plants
so that useful properties of plants can be understood, improved,
and ultimately harnessed to address national needs, including
agriculture, nutrition, energy and waste reduction. Experts in the
community were asked to consider how to build on current
accomplishments in order to address major questions in plant
biology and to make recommendations for objectives for the next
five-year phase of the Initiative.
The emergence of HIV disease and AIDS, the reemergence of
tuberculosis, and the increased opportunity for disease spread
through international travel demonstrate the critical importance of
global vigilance for infectious diseases. This volume highlights
risk factors for the emergence of microbial threats to health,
warns against complacency in public health, and promotes early
prevention as a cost-effective and crucial strategy for maintaining
public health in the United States and worldwide. The volume
identifies infectious disease threats posed by bacteria and
viruses, as well as protozoans, helminths, and fungi. Rich in
information, it includes a historical perspective on infectious
disease, with focuses on Lyme disease, peptic ulcer, malaria,
dengue, and recent increases in tuberculosis. The panel discusses
how "new" diseases arise and how "old" ones resurge and considers
the roles of human demographics and behavior, technology and
industry, economic development and land use, international travel
and commerce, microbial adaptation and change, and breakdown of
public health measures in changing patterns of infectious disease.
Also included are discussions and recommendations on disease
surveillance; vaccine, drug, and pesticide development; vector
control; public education and behavioral change; research and
training; and strengthening of the U.S. public health system. This
volume will be of immediate interest to scientists specializing in
all areas of infectious diseases and microbiology, healthy policy
specialists, public health officials, physicians, and medical
faculty and students, as well as anyone interested in how their
health can be threatened by infectious diseases. Table of Contents
FRONT MATTER EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1 BACKGROUND 2 FACTORS IN EMERGENCE
3 ADDRESSING THE THREATS REFERENCES APPENDIXES A TASK FORCES B
CATALOG OF EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASE AGENTS C GLOBAL RESOURCES
FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE SURVEILLANCE D COMMITTEE AND STAFF
BIOGRAPHIES GLOSSARY ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS INDEX
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