Inflammation
Travel and tropical medicine manual
Infectious Diseases and Bioterrorism is one in a series of GIDEON ebooks which summarize the status of individual infectious diseases, in every country of the world. Data are based on the GIDEON web application (www.gideononline.com) which relies on standard text books, peer-rev…
Tuberculosis (TB), caused by the pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis, is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Despite the past century of intensifying control efforts and increasingly effective treatments, TB persists as a threat to global health. TB elimination i…
This study reconstructs the paleoepidemiology of zoonoses and other infectious diseases in Mesopotamia and the ancient Near East from the Early Bronze Age through the Late Iron Age. I combine macromorphological and molecular analyses of human skeletal remains along with an exami…
This dissertation examined non-governmental organizations (NGOs) operating within the Nigerian health care sector and analyzed their ability to mitigate the spread of infectious diseases and their potential to contribute to the ability of the Nigerian government, and its constit…
These recent events of H1N1 flu outbreak illustrate the potential ramifications of infectious diseases on modern society and how society responds to these threats. This thesis addresses the specific case of avian influenza in U.S. poultry production. By building an expected util…
Studies that have attempted to examine the impact of early childhood malnutrition on acute illness have failed to adequately establish the causal link from malnutrition to acute illness. The empirical challenge arises because household behavioral decisions that influence investm…
Probabilistic models for infectious diseases are important for understanding mechanisms underlying the spread of infection. I develop new models and computational approaches motivated by several research projects including a study of the dynamics of meningitis in Nigeria, measle…
Ebola virus disease (EVD) is a deadly disease with no known cure and it caused an outbreak from 2014-2016 in Western Africa. Liberia had the highest morbidity and mortality; its capital city, Monrovia, was the focus of this study. The purpose of this research was to explore the …
Vaccines are one of the greatest public health interventions in modern times. Their development has drastically reduced the global burden of infectious disease. However, rising vaccine hesitancy is contributing to the reemergence of vaccine-preventable diseases. The reasons for …
Poliovirus, once a global pandemic is now in its endgame eradication stages. Currently, wild poliovirus type 2 and 3 have been declared eradicated by the World Health Organization (WHO) and wild type 1 is circulating in just two remaining countries. As the Sabin oral polio vacci…
Infectious diseases are the leading cause of death globally, particularly among children and young adults. The spread of new pathogens and the threat of antimicrobial resistance pose particular challenges in combating these diseases. Major Infectious Diseases identifies feasible…