| insurance and epidemics: sars, west nile virus and nipah virus. | severe acute respiratory syndrome (sars) reminds us that sudden disease emergence is a permanent part of our world--and should be anticipated in our planning. historically the emergence of new diseases has had little or no impact beyond a small, localized cluster of infections. however, given just the right conditions, a highly virulent pathogen can suddenly spread across time and space with massive consequences, as has occurred on several occasions in human history. in the wake of the sars outb ... | 2003 | 14971089 |
| emerging infectious diseases that threaten the blood supply. | following the devastating effects of blood-transmitted human immunodeficiency virus (hiv), blood establishments have become increasingly vigilant for the emergence or re-emergence of new threats to the safety of the blood supply. many agents have fulfilled the broad definition of emerging blood-transmitted infections, including west nile virus (wnv), trypanosoma cruzi, plasmodium spp., babesia spp., parvovirus b19, dengue virus, and the prions that cause variant creutzfeld-jacob disease (vcjd). ... | 2007 | 17198845 |