List of contributors, viii
Foreword to the first edition by Alan J. Magill (deceased), xv
Foreword to the second edition by Jay S. Keystone, xvii
Preface, xix
Envoi, xxi
1 Historical overview of global infectious diseases and geopolitics, 1
Francis. E.G. Cox and Frank J. Bia
2 Nontraditional infectious diseases surveillance systems, 12
Davidson H. Hamer, Kamran Khan, Matthew German, and Lawrence C. Madoff
3 Air travel−which infectious disease control measures are worthwhile?, 25
Karen J. Marienau
4 Infectious illnesses on cruise and cargo ships, 35
Joanna J. Regan, J. Scott Vega, and Clive M. Brown
5 Microbes on the move: prevention, required vaccinations, curtailment, outbreak, 45
Patricia Schlagenhauf-Lawlor, Giles Poumerol, and Francisco Santos-O’Connor
6 Diagnostic tests and procedures, 55
Eskild Petersen and Tom Boyles
7 Central Africa, 78
Gerd D. Burchard and Martin P. Grobusch
8 East Africa: Madagascar and Indian Ocean Islands, 93
Philippe Gautret and Philippe Parola
9 Eastern Africa, 104
Andreas Neumayr and Christoph Hatz
10 North Africa, 124
Philippe Gautret, Nadjet Mouffok, and Philippe Parola
11 Southern Africa, 137
Marc Mendelson, Olga Perovic, and Lucille Blumberg
12 West Africa, 154
Boubacar Maiga and Patrick Ayeh-Kumi
13 East Asia, 167
Bin Cao, Fei Zhou, and Mikio Kimura
14 South Central Asia, 185
Holy Murphy, Gulzhan Abuova, and Prativa Pandey
15 South-east Asia, 203
Daniel H. Paris and Nicholas J. White
16 Western Asia and the Middle East, 220
Jaffar A. Al-Tawfiq, Seif S. Al-Abri, and Ziad A. Memish
17 Eastern Europe, 235
Natalia Pshenichnaya, Malgorzata Paul, and Alexander Erovichenkov
18 Northern Europe, 257
Birgitta Evengard, Audrone Marcinkute, and Eskild Petersen
19 Southern Europe, 269
Francesco Castelli, Androula Pavli, and Pier Francesco Giorgetti
20 Western Europe, 278
Peter J. de Vries and Eric Caumes
21 The Caribbean, 302
Elizabeth A. Talbot and Laura E. Shevy
22 Central America, 317
Larry I. Lutwick and Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales
23 South America, 335
Rodrigo Nogueira Angerami, Luiz Jacintho da Silva, and Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales
24 Northern America, 356
Barbra M. Blair, Philip R. Fischer, Michael Libman, and Lin H. Chen
25 Australia, New Zealand, 375
Karin Leder, Joseph Torresi, and Marc Shaw
26 Oceania, 390
Karin Leder, Joseph Torresi, and Marc Shaw
27 Arctic and Antarctica, 404
Anders Koch, Michael G. Bruce, and Karin Ladefoged
28 The immunosuppressed patient, 419
Brian T. Montague, Christopher M. Salas, Terri L. Montague, and Maria D. Mileno
29 Emerging infections, 446
Mary E. Wilson
30 Migration and the geography of disease, 459
Rogelio López-Vélez, Francesca F. Norman, and José-Antonio Pérez-Molina
31 Climate change and the geographical distribution of infectious diseases, 470
Ashwin Swaminathan, Elvina Viennet, Anthony J. McMichael, and David Harley
List of abbreviations, 481
Index, 484