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      Ending the War Metaphor: The Changing Agenda for Unraveling the Host-Microbe Relationship: Workshop Summary

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      Infectious diseases have existed longer than us, as long as us, or are relatively newer than us. This title examines knowledge and approaches to learning about the bacterial inhabitants of…

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      Addressing Foodborne Threats to Health: Policies, Practices, and Global Coordination, Workshop Summary (2006)

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      Global Issues in Water, Sanitation, and Health: Workshop Summary

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      Includes DVD, Running dry by the Chronicles Group.

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      The Causes and Impacts of Neglected Tropical and Zoonotic Diseases: Opportunities for Integrated Intervention Strategies: Workshop Summary

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      Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) afflict more than 1.4 billion people, many of whom live on less than $1.25 a day. While there are effective ways to manage NTDs, policy-makers and…

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      The Influence of Global Environmental Change on Infectious Disease Dynamics: Workshop Summary

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      The twentieth century witnessed an era of unprecedented, large-scale, anthropogenic changes to the natural environment. Understanding how environmental factors directly and indirectly affect the emergence and spread of infectious disease…

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      Emerging Viral Diseases: The One Health Connection: Workshop Summary

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      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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      The Impact of Globalization on Infectious Disease Emergence and Control: Exploring the Consequences and Opportunities, Workshop Summary, Forum on Microbial Threats

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      The Impact of Globalization on Infectious Disease Emergence and Control: Exploring the Consequences and Opportunities

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      Infectious Disease Movement in a Borderless World: Workshop Summary

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      Modern transportation allows people, animals, and plants–and the pathogens they carry–to travel more easily than ever before. The ease and speed of travel, tourism, and international trade connect once-remote areas…

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      The Domestic and International Impacts of the 2009-H1N1 Influenza A Pandemic: Global Challenges, Global Solutions: Workshop Summary

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      In March and early April 2009, a new, swine-origin 2009-H1N1 influenza A virus emerged in Mexico and the United States. During the first few weeks of surveillance, the virus spread…

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      Antibiotic Resistance: Implications for Global Health and Novel Intervention Strategies: Workshop Summary

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      Years of using, misusing, and overusing antibiotics and other antimicrobial drugs has led to the emergence of multidrug-resistant ‘superbugs.’ The IOM’s Forum on Microbial Threats held a public workshop April…

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      The Science and Applications of Synthetic and Systems Biology: Workshop Summary

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      Many potential applications of synthetic and systems biology are relevant to the challenges associated with the detection, surveillance, and responses to emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases. On March 14 and…

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      The Social Biology of Microbial Communities: Workshop Summary

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      Beginning with the germ theory of disease in the 19th century and extending through most of the 20th century, microbes were believed to live their lives as solitary, unicellular, disease-causing…

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      The Science and Applications of Microbial Genomics: Workshop Summary

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      On June 12 and 13, 2012, the Institute of Medicine’s (IOM’s) Forum on Microbial Threats convened a public workshop in Washington, DC, to discuss the scientific tools and approaches being…

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      Microbial Ecology in States of Health and Disease: Workshop Summary

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      Workshop title from Institute of Medicine website.

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      Global Climate Change and Extreme Weather Events: Understanding the Contributions to Infectious Disease Emergence: Workshop Summary

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      Includes summaries on a public workshop hosted by the Forum on Microbial Threats on December 4 and 5, 2007, to consider the possible infectious disease impacts of global climate change…

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      Microbial Evolution and Co-Adaptation: A Tribute to the Life and Scientific Legacies of Joshua Lederberg

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      Dr. Joshua Lederberg - scientist, Nobel laureate, visionary thinker, and friend of the Forum on Microbial Threats - died on February 2, 2008. It was in his honor that the…

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

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      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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      The Threat of Pandemic Influenza: Are We Ready?, Workshop Summary

      Public health officials and organizations around the world remain on high alert because of increasing concerns about the prospect of an influenza pandemic, which many experts believe to be inevitable…

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      Vector-Borne Diseases: Understanding the Environmental, Human Health, and Ecological Connections, Workshop Summary (Forum on Microbial Threats)

      Provides an account of the individual presentations, it also reflects an important aspect of the Forum philosophy. This title contains proceedings that summarize the statements of participants in the workshop…

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      Improving Food Safety Through a One Health Approach: Workshop Summary

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      Globalization of the food supply has created conditions favorable for the emergence, reemergence, and spread of food-borne pathogens-compounding the challenge of anticipating, detecting, and effectively responding to food-borne threats to…

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      The Infectious Etiology of Chronic Diseases: Defining the Relationship, Enhancing the Research, and Mitigating the Effects, Workshop Summary

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      In recent years, scientists have begun to believe that a substantial portion of chronic diseases, including inflammatory syndromes and cancer, may be causally linked to infectious microorganisms. This volume contains…

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      Ethical and Legal Considerations in Mitigating Pandemic Disease: Workshop Summary

      In recent public workshops and working group meetings, the Forum on Microbial Threats of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) has examined a variety of infectious disease outbreaks with pandemic potential…

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      Global Infectious Disease Surveillance and Detection: Assessing the Challenges - Finding Solutions, Workshop Summary

      Early detection is essential to the control of emerging, reemerging, and novel infectious diseases, whether naturally occurring or intentionally introduced. This title is part of a 10 book series that…

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      Ensuring an Infectious Disease Workforce: Education and Training Needs for the 21st Century, Workshop Summary

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      Ensuring an Infectious Disease Workforce: Education and Training Needs for the 21st Century - Workshop Summary (2006)

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      Global Health Risk Framework: Governance for Global Health: Workshop Summary

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      Since the 2014 Ebola outbreak many public- and private-sector leaders have seen a need for improved management of global public health emergencies. The effects of the Ebola epidemic go well…

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      Toward a Common Research Agenda in Infection-Associated Chronic Illnesses

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      The National Academies Forum on Microbial Threats and Forum on Neuroscience and Nervous System Disorders hosted a hybrid public workshop in June 2023 to explore opportunities to advance research and…

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      Understanding the Economics of Microbial Threats: Proceedings of a Workshop

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      Microbial threats, including endemic and emerging infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance, can cause not only substantial health consequences but also enormous disruption to economic activity worldwide. While scientific advances have…

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      Microbial Threats to Health: Emergence, Detection, and Response

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      Following up on a high-profile 1992 report from the Institute of Medicine, Microbial Threats to Health examines the state of knowledge and policy pertaining to emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases…

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      Microbial Threats to Health: Emergence, Detection, and Response

      Committee on Emerging Microbial Threats to Health in the 21st Century,National Research Council

      Following up on a high-profile 1992 report from the Institute of Medicine, Microbial Threats to Health examines the state of knowledge and policy pertaining to emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases…

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      Rapid Medical Countermeasure Response to Infectious Diseases: Enabling Sustainable Capabilities Through Ongoing Public- and Private-Sector Partnerships: Workshop Summary

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      Report of the Enabling Rapid Response and Sustained Capability with Medical Countermeasures to Mitigate Risk of Emerging Infectious Diseases: an Institute of Medicine Workshop which took place at the National…

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      Exploring the Frontiers of Innovation to Tackle Microbial Threats: Proceedings of a Workshop

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      On December 4?5, 2019, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a 1.5-day public workshop titled Exploring the Frontiers of Innovation to Tackle Microbial Threats. The workshop participants…

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      Learning From SARS: Preparing for the Next Disease Outbreak, Workshop Summary

      Examines the response to SARS by public health systems in individual countries, and the biology of the SARS coronavirus and related coronaviruses in animals. This work provides a survey of…

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      Perspectives on Research with H5N1 Avian Influenza: Scientific Inquiry, Communication, Controversy: Summary of a Workshop

      National Research Council,Institute of Medicine,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Committee on Science, Technology, and Law,Board on Global Health

      When, in late 2011, it became public knowledge that two research groups had submitted for publication manuscripts that reported on their work on mammalian transmissibility of a lethal H5N1 avian…

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      Understanding and Responding to Global Health Security Risks from Microbial Threats in the Arctic: Proceedings of a Workshop

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      Global Health Impacts of Vector-Borne Diseases: Workshop Summary

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Health and Medicine Division,Board on Global Health,Forum on Microbial Threats

      Pathogens transmitted among humans, animals, or plants by insects and arthropod vectors have been responsible for significant morbidity and mortality throughout recorded history. Such vector-borne diseases ? including malaria, dengue…

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      Big Data and Analytics for Infectious Disease Research, Operations, and Policy: Proceedings of a Workshop

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      With the amount of data in the world exploding, big data could generate significant value in the field of infectious disease. The increased use of social media provides an opportunity…

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      The Role of Plant Agricultural Practices on Development of Antimicrobial Resistant Fungi Affecting Human Health

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Health and Medicine Division, Board on Global Health, Forum on Microbial Threats

      Antifungal use in plant agriculture is a widespread practice necessary to safeguard food safety and security. While the impact of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a significant global health concern, knowledge…

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      Innovations for Tackling Tuberculosis in the Time of COVID-19: Proceedings of a Workshop

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      Despite being preventable and curable since the middle of the twentieth century, tuberculosis (TB) has long persisted as the world’s deadliest infectious disease, with the communities most devastated by TB…

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      Combating Antimicrobial Resistance: A One Health Approach to a Global Threat: Proceedings of a Workshop

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Health and Medicine Division,Board on Global Health,Forum on Microbial Threats

      As of 2017, the emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance continues unabated around the world, leaving devastating health and economic outcomes in its wake. Those consequences will multiply if collaborative…

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      Building Communication Capacity to Counter Infectious Disease Threats: Proceedings of a Workshop

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Health and Medicine Division,Board on Global Health,Forum on Microbial Threats

      Building communication capacity is a critical piece of preparing for, detecting, and responding to infectious disease threats. The International Health Regulations (IHR) establish risk communication?the real-time exchange of information, advice…

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      The Critical Public Health Value of Vaccines: Tackling Issues of Access and Hesitancy: Proceedings of a Workshop

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Health and Medicine Division,Board on Global Health,Forum on Microbial Threats

      Immunization against disease is among the most successful global health efforts of the modern era, and substantial gains in vaccination coverage rates have been achieved worldwide. However, that progress has…

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      The Ebola Epidemic in West Africa: Proceedings of a Workshop

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Health and Medicine Division,Board on Global Health,Forum on Microbial Threats

      The most recent Ebola epidemic that began in late 2013 alerted the entire world to the gaps in infectious disease emergency preparedness and response. The regional outbreak that progressed to…

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      Toward a Post-Pandemic World: Lessons from COVID-19 for Now and the Future: Proceedings of a Workshop

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Health and Medicine Division,Board on Global Health,Forum on Microbial Threats

      To take stock of lessons learned from COVID-19 around the world and in the United States, the Forum on Microbial Threats held two virtual workshops during 2021. The first workshop…

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      Systematizing the One Health Approach in Preparedness and Response Efforts for Infectious Disease Outbreaks: Proceedings of a Workshop

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Health and Medicine Division,Board on Global Health,Forum on Microbial Threats

      A planning committee convened by the Forum on Microbial Threats of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a virtual workshop on February 23-25, 2021, titled Systematizing the…

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      Exploring Lessons Learned from a Century of Outbreaks: Readiness for 2030: Proceedings of a Workshop

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Health and Medicine Division,Board on Global Health,Forum on Microbial Threats

      In November 2018, an ad hoc planning committee at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine planned two sister workshops held in Washington, DC, to examine the lessons from…

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      Urbanization and Slums: Infectious Diseases in the Built Environment: Proceedings of a Workshop

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Health and Medicine Division,Board on Global Health,Forum on Microbial Threats

      The urban built environment is a prime setting for microbial transmission, because just as cities serve as hubs for migration and international travel, components of the urban built environment serve…

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      The Convergence of Infectious Diseases and Noncommunicable Diseases: Proceedings of a Workshop

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Health and Medicine Division,Board on Global Health,Forum on Microbial Threats

      On June 11 and June 12, 2019, the National Academies convened a workshop to explore the growing understanding of how the interplay between humans and microbes affects host physiology and…

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      Accelerating the Development and Uptake of Rapid Diagnostics to Address Antibiotic Resistance

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Health and Medicine Division, Board on Health Sciences Policy, Board on Global Health, Forum on Microbial Threats, Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness for Disasters and Emergencies, Forum on Drug Discovery, Development, and Translation

      The use and misuse of antibiotics contributes to the rise in drug-resistant bacteria - a serious and worsening threat to human health. The development and use of rapid point-of-care diagnostics…

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