FrontMatter -- Reviewers -- Cover Artwork -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Synopsis -- Contents -- List of Figures, Tables, and Boxes -- Acronyms -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Spectrum of Microbial Threats -- 3 Factors in Emergence -- 4 Addressing the Threats: Conclusions and Recommendations -- Epilogue -- Glossary -- References -- Appendix A Microbial Threats to Health Public Committee Meeting Agendas -- Appendix B Syndromic Surveillance -- Appendix C Pathogen Discovery, Detection, and Diagnostics -- Appendix D Forum on Emerging Infections Membership and Publications Board on Global Health -- Appendix E Computational Modeling and Simulation of Epidemic Infectious Diseases -- Appendix F Committee and Staff Biographies -- Index.