Genetics and Evolution of Infectious Diseases [Hardcover]

Genetics and Evolution of Infectious Diseases, Second Edition, discusses the constantly evolving field of infectious diseases and their continued impact on the health of populations, especially in resource-limited areas of the world. Students in public health, biomedical professionals, clinicians, public health practitioners, and decisions-makers will find valuable information in this book that is relevant to the control and prevention of neglected and emerging worldwide diseases that are a major cause of global morbidity, disability, and mortality.

Although substantial gains have been made in public health interventions for the treatment, prevention, and control of infectious diseases during the last century, in recent decades the world has witnessed a worldwide human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) pandemic, increasing antimicrobial resistance, and the emergence of many new bacterial, fungal, parasitic, and viral pathogens.

The economic, social, and political burden of infectious diseases is most evident in developing countries which must confront the dual burden of death and disability due to infectious and chronic illnesses.

• Takes an integrated approach to infectious diseases
• Includes contributions from leading authorities
• Provides the latest developments in the field of infectious disease

1. Recent Developments in the Definition and Official Names of Virus Species 2. A Theory-Based Pragmatism for Discovering and Classifying Newly Divergent Species of Bacterial Pathogens 3. Population Structure of Pathogenic Bacteria 4. Epidemiology and Evolution of?Fungal Pathogens in Plants and?Animals 5. Clonal Evolution 6. Coevolution of Host and Pathogen 7. Microbes as Tracers of Past Human Demography and Migrations 8. Phylogenetic Analysis of Pathogens 9. Evolutionary Responses to Infectious lÀ