Introduction to emerging infectious diseases : stemming the tide -- Analytical theory of epidemics -- Persisting problems in tuberculosis -- Mobile genetic elements and the evolution of new epidemic strains of vibrio cholerae -- Pathogenic Escherichia coli O157:H7 : a model for emerging infectious diseases -- The revival of group A streptococcal diseases, with a commentary on staphylococcal toxic schock syndrome -- Lyme disease -- Antibiotic resistance in bacteria -- Influenza : an emerging microbial pathogen -- The emergence of dengue : past, present, and future -- The AIDS epidemic : demographic aspects, population biology, and virus evolution -- Korean hemorrhagic fever and hantavirus pulmonary syndrome : two examples of emerging hantaviral diseases -- Ebola virus : where does it come from and where is it going? -- Arthropod-borne pathogens : issues for understanding emerging infectious diseases -- "New" intestinal parasitic protozoa -- Transmissable spongiform encephalopathies of man and animals -- Malaria : a global threat.