Inoculating Cities : Case Studies of Urban Pandemic Preparedness

Front Cover -- Inoculating Cities -- Inoculating Cities -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: cities, infectious disease, and the local governance of health security -- REFERENCES -- 1 - Controlling dengue, an urban pandemic - a case study of Delhi, India -- A brief background on the dengue virus -- Dengue virus serotypes and associated virulence -- Diagnosis and treatment of dengue -- Global distribution of the dengue virus -- The historical and current distributions of dengue in India -- Dengue control in the city of Delhi -- Delhi and its urbanization -- Historical trends of dengue in Delhi -- Spatial distribution of dengue in Delhi -- Delhi's actions for controlling dengue -- Challenges and next steps for controlling dengue in Delhi -- Preventive actions -- Reactive measures -- Knowledge and awareness -- Conclusions -- References -- 2 - Municipal healthcare delivery special pathogens preparedness and response in the city that never sleeps: the NY ... -- NYC urban landscape and constant threat of infectious diseases of public health concern -- The foundation for preparedness: education, training, and exercises -- In-service training -- Mystery patient drills -- Full-scale exercises -- Emergency management approach to infectious disease preparedness and response -- Response to Ebola virus disease -- Response to the Zika virus -- Response to seasonal influenza -- Response to Candida auris -- Responding to the 2018-19 NYC measles outbreak -- Responding to the contagion: the disease -- Responding to the contagion: misinformation -- Conclusion -- References -- 3 - The 2019 measles outbreak in Clark County, Washington -- Background -- Measles -- The Washington State Public Health Emergency Preparedness System -- Methods -- Incident description -- Analysis -- Policy decision-making..

Medienart:

E-Book

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

©2021

Erschienen:

San Diego: Elsevier Science & Technology ; 2021

©2021

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Katz, Rebecca [VerfasserIn]
Boyce, Matthew [Mitwirkende/r]

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ebookcentral.proquest.com [lizenzpflichtig]

ISBN:

978-0-12-820432-0

Themen:

Communicable diseases-Prevention-Case studies
Electronic books
Epidemics-Prevention-Case studies
Urban health

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1 online resource (272 pages)

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

1770616446