Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Figures and Plates
List of Tables
Part I. Early Disease Emergence: Pre-1850
1: Introduction
2: Disease Emergence and Re-Emergence Prior to 1850
Part II. Processes of Disease Emergence: 1850-2006
3: The Geographical Matrix
4: Disease Changes: Microbial and Vector Adaptation
5: Technical Changes: Technology and Industry
6: Population Changes: Magnitude, Mobility and Disease Transfer
7: Environmental Changes: Ecological Modifications
8: Disease Amplifiers: Wars and Conflicts in the Post-1945 Era
9: Temporal Trends in Disease Emergence and Re-Emergence: World
Part III. The Future for Emergent Disease Control
10: Spatial Detection of (Re-)Emerging Diseases
11: Controlling Re-emerging and Newly-Emerging Diseases
Appendix 1: Map Sources
Appendix 2: Vaccination and Critical Community Size
References
Index

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