This book is a world geography of emerging diseases from antiquity to the present day. The last four decades of human history have seen the emergence of an unprecedented number of 'new' infectious diseases. This book looks at the epidemiological and geographical conditions which underpin disease emergence.

• 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