Planning for Emerging Infectious Disease Pandemics

Emerging Problems in Infectious Diseases Influenza pandemics: a historical retrospect

The recent global outbreak of human cases of swine origin influenza A (H1N1) has spread fear that this virus will be of pandemic proportions causing high morbidity and mortality. While it is too early to determine the pandemic nature of swine origin influenza A (H1N1), it may be useful to look at the history of influenza pandemics described since recorded history. The first well-documented outb...

Melioidosis: an emerging infectious disease.

Infectious diseases account for a third of all the deaths in the developing world. Achievements in understanding the basic microbiology, pathogenesis, host defenses and expanded epidemiology of infectious diseases have resulted in better management and reduced mortality. However, an emerging infectious disease, melioidosis, is becoming endemic in the tropical regions of the world and is spreadi...

Emerging Issues in Water and Infectious Disease

Canine Bartonellosis: an Emerging Infectious Disease

INTRODUCTION Bartonella species are fastidious gram-negative bacteria that are highly adapted to a mammalian reservoir host and within which the bacteria usually cause a long-lasting intraerythrocytic bacteremia.1,2 In the natural host, chronic bacteremia with a Bartonella species can frequently be detected by culture or PCR in seemingly healthy individuals. Until recently, mechanisms that faci...

Saccharomyces cerevisiae fungemia: an emerging infectious disease.

BACKGROUND Saccharomyces cerevisiae is well known in the baking and brewing industry and is also used as a probiotic in humans. However, it is a very uncommon cause of infection in humans. METHODS During the period of 15-30 April 2003, we found 3 patients with S. cerevisiae fungemia in an intensive care unit (ICU). An epidemiological study was performed, and the medical records for all patien...