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THE EMERGENCE OF ZOONOTIC DISEASES

Understanding the Impact on Animal and Human Health
Workshop Summary

Tom Burroughs, Stacey Knobler, and Joshua Lederberg, Editors
Forum on Emerging Infections
Board on Global Health
Institute of Medicine

National Academy Press, 2002

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PREFACE    xv
l. INTRODUCTION    1
A Perspective on Emerging Zoonoses    1
Frederick A. Murphy

2. THE IMPORTANCE OF ZOONOTIC DISEASES    10
Pathogenesis and Virulence of Zoonotic Infections in Humans    10
Robert E. Shope

The Potential "Bioweaponization" of Zoonotic Diseases    15
David R. Franz

Xenotransplantation    17
Louisa E. Chapman

Economic and Trade Implications of Zoonotic Diseases    20
Peter Cowen and Roberta A. Morales

3. FACTORS OF EMERGENCE    26
Variation and Interspecies Transmission of
Influenza A Viruses    26
Robert G. Webster

Assessing the Threat and the Opportunities Across the
Spectrum of Zoonotic Diseases    30
Paul W. Ewald

Practices and Policies to Protect Human Health from
Antibiotic-Resistant Pathogens    35
Stephen F. Sundlof

Ecological Sources of Zoonotic Duseases    40
Robert B. Tesh

Vectorborne Zoonotic Diseases    47
John T. Roehrig

Mathematical Models and Predictors of Disease Outbreaks    50
Dana A. Focks

The Role of Native Birds and Other Wildlife on the Emergence
Of Zoonotic Diseases    52
Milton Friend and Robert G. McLean

Animal Husbandry Practices and Risk Factors, with Particular
Reference to Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy    59
Fred Brown

Natural History of Simian Immunodeficiency Viruses:
Clues to the Emergence and Virulence of AIDS Viruses    61
Lisa Chakrabarti

4. DIAGNOSIS AND CONTROL OF ZOONOTIC INFECTIONS    64
Pathology and Early Recognition of Zoonotic Disease
Outbreaks    64
Tracey S. McNamara

Molecular and Other Technologies for Rapid Diagnosis
Of Zoonotic Agents    67
Alfred D. Steinberg

Methods and Models for Pathogen Discovery    69
W. Ian Lipkin

Vaccines for Emerging Zoonoses: Marburg
Virus Paradigm    73
Alan L. Schmaljohn

5. SURVEILLANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF ZOONOTIC
DISEASE OUTBREAKS    79
Public Health Laboratory Surveillance    79
Mary J.R. Gilchrist

Challenges of Vectorborne Disease Surveillance
>From the Local Perspective: West Nile Experience    86
Marcelle C. Layton

Veterinary Surveillance for Zoonotic Diseases in the United States    90
Randall L. Crom

Petborne Zoonoses: Detection and Surveillance Challenges   98
Lisa Conti

Identification and Containment of Unknown and
Rare Pathogens    101
C. J. Peters

Foodborne Zoonotic Agents: Salmonella Enteritidis in Eggs    105
Kaye Wachsmuth

Legislative and Policy Concerns in Protecting the Nation's
Health    109
David C. Bowen

6. SUMMARY AND ASSESSMENT
Joshua Lederberg    113

APPENDIXES
A. Glossary and Acronyms    125
B. Workshop Agenda    132
C. Forum Member and Speaker Biographies    137

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ISBN: 0309083273 (paper) 30.00 USD

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Posted Date: 01/30/04

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