Global Pandemics and Epidemics and How They Relate to You provides information about outbreaks, epidemics, and pandemics and their related threats.

Table of Contents

• Preface
• Part 1: Understanding Pandemics and Epidemics
• Chapter 1—The Pandemic Threat: Why It Matters
• Chapter 2—Outbreaks, Epidemics, and Pandemics
• Chapter 3—Concepts of Occurrence, Progression, and Spectrum of Disease
• Chapter 4—Chain of Infection
• Chapter 5—Deadliest Outbreaks and Pandemics in History
• Chapter 6—Factors in the Emergence of Infectious Diseases
• Chapter 7—One Health Initiative
• Chapter 8—Notable Pseudopandemics of the Last Century
• Chapter 9—Bioterrorism and the Pandemic Potential
• Part 2: Major Pandemics and Epidemics
• Chapter 10—HIV/AIDS
• Chapter 11—Chikungunya
• Chapter 12—Cholera
• Chapter 13—Coronaviruses
• Chapter 14—Ebola
• Chapter 15—Influenza
• Chapter 16—Malaria
• Chapter 17—Meningitis
• Chapter 18—Nipah Virus Infection
• Chapter 19—Smallpox
• Chapter 20—Tuberculosis
• Chapter 21—Yellow Fever
• Chapter 22—Zika
• Part 3: Principles of Disease Management
• Chapter 23—Preventing Avoidable Epidemics
• Chapter 24—Antimicrobial Drug Resistance and Emerging Infectious Disease
• Chapter 25—Hospital-Based Infections
• Chapter 26—Laboratory-Guided Detection of Disease Outbreaks
• Chapter 27—Disease Surveillance
• Chapter 28—Role of Technology and Surveillance Systems in Public-Health Response
• Chapter 29—Disease Control and Containment
• Chapter 30—Developing Interventions
• Chapter 31—Pharmacological Interventions: Medical Countermeasures
• Chapter 32—Community Mitigation Interventions
• Part 4: The Next Pandemic: Are We Ready?
• Chapter 33—Getting Ahead of the Next Pandemic
• Chapter 34—The 1918 Flu Pandemic: Why It Matters 100 Years Later
• Chapter 35—Viruses of Special Concern
• Chapter 36—Getting Your Household Ready for Pandemic Flu
• Chapter 37—The National Pandemic Strategy
• Chapter 38—Strategic Stockpiling for the Next Influenza Pandemic
• Chapter 39—Global Health Security: Prevent, Detect, and Respond to Global Health Threats
• Chapter 40—A Look Back at Progress since the 2009 H1N1 Pandemic
• Part 5: Additional Help and Information
• Chapter 41—Glossary of Terms Associated with Outbreaks, Epidemics, and Pandemics
• Chapter 42—Directory of Organizations