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      Biological Threats and Terrorism: Assessing the Science and Response Capabilities, Workshop Summary

      Institute of Medicine, Forum on Emerging Infections,Forum on Emerging Infections,Board on Global Health,National Academy of Sciences,Institute of Medicine

      In the wake of September 11th, the nation’s bioterrorism response capability has become a priority. In a workshop, convened by the Institute of Medicine’s Forum on Emerging Infections, experts came…

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      Orphans and Incentives: Developing Technology to Address Emerging Infections

      Forum on Emerging Infections,Institute of Medicine,National Research Council

      Focuses on product areas where returns from the market might be perceived as being too small or too complicated by other factors to compete in industrial portfolios with other demands…

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      Antimicrobial Resistance: Issues and Options

      Forum on Emerging Infections,Institute of Medicine,National Academy of Sciences

      Summarizes a workshop on antimicrobial resistance held by the Forum on Emerging Infections. The goal of the Forum on Emerging Infections is to provide an opportunity for representatives of academia…

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      Managed Care Systems and Emerging Infections: Challenges and Opportunities for Strengthening Surveillance, Research, and Prevention Workshop Summary

      Based on a Workshop of the Forum on Emerging Infections,Institute of Medicine,National Academy of Sciences

      This workshop summary report from the Institute of Medicine’s Forum on Emerging Infections examines how the managed care revolution has created both problems and opportunities in the fight against infectious…

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      The Emergence of Zoonotic Diseases: Understanding the Impact on Animal and Human Health: Workshop Summary

      Institute of Medicine,Board on Global Health,Forum on Emerging Infections

      Offers an evaluation of the relative importance of zoonotic diseases against the overall backdrop of emerging infections. This book provides research findings related to the state of our understanding of…

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      Considerations for Viral Disease Eradication: Lessons Learned and Future Strategies - Workshop Summary

      Forum on Emerging Infections,Institute of Medicine

      Explores the principles underlying the biological challenges, medical interventions, the continuing research agenda, and operational considerations for post-immunization strategies for vaccine-preventable viral diseases, and highlights important efforts that may facilitate…

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      Emerging Infectious Diseases from the Global to the Local Perspective: Workshop Summary

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      In October 1999, the Forum on Emerging Infections of the Institute of Medicine convened a two-day workshop titled International Aspects of Emerging Infections. This book includes summaries of the formal…

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      The Resistance Phenomenon in Microbes and Infectious Disease Vectors: Implications for Human Health and Strategies for Containment, Workshop Summary

      Forum on Emerging Infections

      This volume examines our understanding of the relationships among microbes, disease vectors and human hosts, and explores possible new strategies for meeting the challenge of resistance.

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      Public Health Systems and Emerging Infections: Assessing the Capabilities of the Public and Private Sectors, Workshop Summary

      Based on a Workshop of the Forum on Emerging Infections,Division of Health Sciences Policy,National Academy of Sciences

      The Forum on Emerging Infections was created in 1996 in response to a request from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health. The goal…

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      Neuroscience Biomarkers and Biosignatures: Converging Technologies, Emerging Partnerships: Workshop Summary

      Forum on Neuroscience and Nervous System Disorders,Institute of Medicine

      Discusses the practical arenas in neuroscience in which biomarkers have the greatest impact. This title identifies biomarker targets that are being pursued and that could have the near-term impact on…

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      Emerging Viral Diseases: The One Health Connection: Workshop Summary

      Institute of Medicine,Board on Global Health,Forum on Microbial Threats

      In the past half century, deadly disease outbreaks caused by novel viruses of animal origin - Nipah virus in Malaysia, Hendra virus in Australia, Hantavirus in the United States, Ebola…

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      Emerging Safety Science: Workshop Summary

      Sally Robinson,Robert Pool,Robert Giffin,Forum on Drug Discovery, Development, and Translation,Institute of Medicine

      The average cost of developing a new approved drug is now estimated to be $1.3 billion. This title offers ways to select successful drug candidates earlier in development that could…

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      Fungal Diseases: An Emerging Threat to Human, Animal, and Plant Health: Workshop Summary

      Forum on Microbial Threats,Institute of Medicine

      Fungal diseases have contributed to death and disability in humans, triggered global wildlife extinctions and population declines, devastated agricultural crops, and altered forest ecosystem dynamics. Despite the extensive influence of…

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      Emerging Infections: Microbial Threats to Health in the United States

      Committee on Emerging Microbial Threats to Health,Institute of Medicine

      Identifies infectious disease threats posed by bacteria and viruses, as well as protozoans, helminths, and fungi. This volume includes a historical perspective on infectious disease, with focuses on Lyme disease…

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      Perspectives on the Department of Defense Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System: A Program Review

      Institute of Medicine,Medical Follow-Up Agency,Committee to Review the Department of Defense Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System

      Describes the capacity, quality, and effectiveness of the international and domestic facilities and programs to monitor and address infectious diseases. This work concludes that the goals of the system are…

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      The Emerging Threat of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Southern Africa: Global and Local Challenges and Solutions: Workshop Summary

      Forum on Drug Discovery, Development, and Translation,Institute of Medicine,Academy of Science of South Africa

      Tuberculosis (TB) kills approximately 4,500 people worldwide every day. While most cases of TB can be treated with antibiotics, some strains have developed drug resistance that makes their treatment more…

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