Front cover -- The social ecology of infectious diseases -- Copyright page -- Dedications -- Contents -- About the editors -- Notes on contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: What constitutes the social ecology of infectious diseases? -- Chapter 1 Travel -- A brief history of travel and the movement of microbes -- Modern global travel -- Travelers' risk behavior -- The human transport of microbes and microbial genetic material -- Tools -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 2 Changing sexual mores and disease transmission -- Postwar social and sexual trends: evolution and revolution of sexual mores -- Out of the closet - homosexuality in America -- The Internet and human sexual behavior: the evolution of a new technology -- Lessons learned for the journey ahead -- References -- Chapter 3 The international drug epidemic -- Injection drug use and disease spread -- Global drug use and disease interactions -- Prevention and harm-reduction strategies -- Government responses -- Alternatives -- References -- Chapter 4 Urbanization and the social ecology of emerging infectious diseases -- The role of urbanization in infectious diseases -- Current urban demographic trends -- Risk parameters associated with urbanization -- Dengue and other emerging arbovirus diseases -- What the future holds -- References -- Chapter 5 Suburbanization in developed nations -- Lyme disease - overview -- Social determinants of Lyme disease risk -- Social and political barriers to Lyme disease prevention -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 6 The social ecology of infectious disease transmission in day-care centers -- CMV as a model -- The social epidemiology of CMV infection -- Day care as microbiological experiment -- Child care and the epidemiology of CMV infection -- Social organization and ecology of human CMV infection -- Conclusions -- References.

Chapter 7 Protecting blood safety -- A brief history of improving blood safety -- The social ecology of blood safety -- Effective public health strategies: incentives, education, screening and procedures -- Epidemiological surveillance -- Laboratory testing -- High-risk human behavior -- Impact of migration, travel, and geography -- Negligence, human error and failed oversight -- Responding to the challenges ahead -- References -- Chapter 8 Food safety in the industrialized world -- Global magnitude and trends -- Large-scale food production and distribution -- Social and demographic influences on food preferences -- Reacting, coping, and preventing -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 9 Antibiotic resistance and nosocomial infections -- Social determinants of antibiotic resistance -- Nosocomial infections -- Reasons for hope: control and prevention -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 10 Vaccines and immunization -- Introduction -- A brief history of vaccines and public health immunization programs -- Expanding vaccine coverage: equity and the promise of prevention -- Going global: politics and economics of vaccine development and distribution -- Impact of vaccination on society -- The future of vaccination and immunization -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 11 Infectious diseases in the context of war, civil strife and social dislocation -- Mortality and morbidity patterns in modern conflicts -- Return to normalcy -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 12 Bioterrorism -- Social determinants of bioterrorism: the concept of "risk" -- Threat assessment: bioterrorism in the overall terrorism context -- Threat agents -- Bioterrorism and the public health response: problem areas -- Vaccines -- Bioterrorism in special populations -- Psychosocial issues -- Public health response as informed by recent events: anthrax attacks, 2001.

Challenges to global public health -- References -- Chapter 13 Infectious diseases associated with natural disasters -- The risk of post-natural disaster infectious diseases -- Mental health -- Lessons from refugee situations -- The tsunami of 26 December 2004 -- Recommendations for responding health-care professionals -- References -- Chapter 14 Climate change and infectious diseases -- The links between climate variation and infectious diseases -- Climate-related human behavior and infectious disease occurrence -- Global climate change -- Attributing observed change in disease occurrence to climate change -- Future research: recognizing and documenting complex patterns -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 15 Governance, human rights and infectious disease: theoretical, empirical and practical perspectives -- The obligation to protect health -- Linking measures of governance to general health indicators -- Linking measures of governance to infectious disease indicators -- Case studies -- SARS -- Limitations -- Assessing governance -- References -- Chapter 16 International organizational response to infectious disease epidemics -- Today's responders -- Responding to the challenges ahead -- References and further reading -- Chapter 17 Principles of building the global health workforce -- Key factors/principles in training the global health workforce -- Illustrative successful programs -- New training paradigms -- Current challenges -- Conclusions -- Resources -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.