Influenza and Public Health: Learning from Past Pandemics

ISBN-13: 9781844078967 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 294 str.

Susan Craddock

Opis

Major influenza pandemics pose a constant threat. This book explores several pandemics over the past century, from the infamous 1918 Spanish Influenza, the avian flu epidemic of 2003, and the novel H1N1 pandemic of 2009, to lesser-known outbreaks such as the 1889-90 influenza pandemic and the Hong Kong Flu of 1968.

Spis treści

Foreword.  Introduction  1. Globalized Complexity and the Microbial Traffic of New and Emerging Infectious Disease Threats  Part 1. Reframing 1918: States, Pandemics, and Public Health  2. Barcelona's Influenza: A Comparison of the 1889-1890 and 1918 Autumn Outbreaks  3. Prevent or Heal, Laisser Faire or Coerce: The Public Health Politics of Influenza in France, 1918-1919 Uses and Misuses of the History of the 1918 Pandemic: Two Integrative Essays  Part 2. Epidemiology, Virology, and 20th Century Epidemics  4. Are Influenzas in Southern China Byproducts of its Globalizing Historical Present?  5. Recent Influenza Epidemics and Implications for Contemporary Influenza Research  6. Influenza and the Remaking of Epidemiology, 1918-1960  7.Hong Kong Flu (1968) Revisited 40 Years Later Scientific Influenza Research and the Management of Uncertainty: Contemporary Perspectives  Part 3. Governmental and Non-Governmental Institutions and the Politics of Epidemic Management  8. Mobility Restrictions, Isolation, and Quarantine: Historical Perspective on Contemporary Debates  9 .Influenza, Intellectual Property, and Knowledge Sharing: A Recent History  10. Biosecurity in Time of Avian Influenza: Vietnam Epidemics and Ethics: Comparative Insights and Critical Questions for Public Health Planning.  Commentaries.  Conclusion