Foreword
1 Microbial evolution and emerging diseases 1
2 Ecological disturbances and emerging infections : travel, dams, shipment of goods, and vectors 35
3 Nipah encephalitis 59
4 Prion diseases and dementia 77
5 Arenaviral hemorrhagic fevers : Argentine hemorrhagic fever and Lassa fever 115
6 Cerebral malaria 145
7 Rabies 189
8 Lyme disease 207
9 Flaviviridae 289
10 Neurocysticercosis 261
11 The problem of human African trypanosomiasis 289
12 Enterovirus 71 encephalitis 307
13 Guillain-Barre syndrome and Campylobacter infection 327
14 Latent and activated brain flora : human herpesviruses, endogenous retroviruses, coronaviruses, and Chlamydia and their role in neurological disease 363
15 Herpes simplex virus drug resistance - HSV thymidine kinase mutants 397
16 Drug-resistant bacterial infections : implications for neurosurgical and neurological patients 415
17 HIV-related neurological disease in the era of HAART 427
18 Gauging the threats : a conceptual framework for prioritizing research directed toward intervention 453
19 Immediate responses to new infections and the rapid development of a vaccine strategy 472
20 Future perspectives 493
Book Description
Offering a clear and authoritative overview of recent developments in microbiology and neuroscience, this reference describes factors contributing to the emergence and resurgence of neurological infections-studying both new and drug-resistant pathogens, as well as long-term prevention and control strategies for these diseases.