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• Emerging Infections: A Perpetual Challenge

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  "Infectious diseases are responsible for 15 million (26%) of 57 million annual deaths in a global population of 6.2 billion, a proportion that could rise substantially as chronic diseases continue to be reclassified as infectious--eg, cervical cancer (human papillomavirus), Kaposi's sarcoma (human herpesvirus 8), and Helicobacter pylori ulcers, among others. In recent years, the terms 'emerging' (ie, newly recognized) and 're-emerging' (previously recognized) infectious diseases have entered the vocabulary of medical science. These infections also include 'deliberately emerging diseases'--eg, bioterrorism. Concern about emerging infections has grown following the appearance of new diseases, such as HIV/AIDS, and the re-emergence of others, such as dengue, and from appreciation of the complex determinants of their emergence--eg, microbial adaptation to new hosts (HIV infection, severe acute respiratory syndrome [SARS]), population immunity pressures (influenza A), travel (acute haemorrhagic conjunctivitis), animal migration and movement (West Nile virus infection, H5N1 avian influenza), microbial escape from antibiotic pressures (multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis), mechanical dispersal (Legionnaires' disease), and others (panel, figure 1)."

  National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (U.S.)

  Morens, David M.; Fauci, Anthony S.; Folkers, Gregory K.

  2008-11
• Bioterrorism and Biodefense: One Year Later

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  Webcast of Dr. Fauci's lecture at NIH Clinical Center Special Grand Rounds, on September 11, 2002. Dr. Fauci is the Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. [http://videocast.nih.gov/ram/ccgr091102.ram] Duration: 56:28. (This file is in Real Video format.)

  National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (U.S.)

  Fauci, Anthony S.

  2002-09-11
• Progress and Challenges in Biodefense Research

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  This is a webcast of Dr. Anthony Fauci's lecture at the NIH Research Festival 2002, October 16, 2002. Dr. Fauci is the Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Duration: 01:46:24.

  National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (U.S.)

  Fauci, Anthony S.

  2002-10-16
• Pandemic Influenza Threat and Preparedness

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  The US Department of Health and Human Services is coordinating, a national strategy to respond to an influenza pandemic, that involves multiple agencies, including the, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Food and, Drug Administration, and the National Institutes of Health, (NIH). Within NIH, the National Institute of Allergy and, Infectious Diseases (NIAID) conducts basic and clinical, research to develop new vaccine technologies and antiviral, drugs against influenza viruses. We describe recent, research progress in preparing for pandemic influenza. LLIS Core Capability: Public Health

  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)

  Fauci, Anthony S.

  2006-01-01?
• Researching SARS

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  This piece from the News Hour with Jim Lehrer looks at how scientific research is contributing to the struggle against SARS. Various scientists from the National Institutes of Health and the CDC are interviewed. A transcript, as well as streaming audio and video files are available. Originally broadcast on May 20, 2003. (Media files are available in Windows Media and Real Video/Audio formats.)

  Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)

  Fauci, Anthony S.

  2003-05-20