An introduction to emerging and reemerging infectious diseases / Scott Chavers, Hala Fawal, and Sten H. Vermund -- Microbial resistance to antibiotics / Gerald V. Stokes -- Categories and highlights of significant current emerging infectious diseases / Felissa R. Lashley -- Cholera / Laurie J. Singel and Felissa R. Lashley -- Cryptosporidiosis / Jeanne B. Hewitt and Marlene W. Schmid -- Cyclospora cayetanensis: arriving via Guatemalan raspberries / Felissa R. Lashley -- Dengue fever / Barbara J. Holtzclaw -- Ebola, Marburg, and Lassa fevers / Wayne E. Ellis and Felissa R. Lashley -- Escherichia coli O157:H7 / Donna Tartasky -- Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome / Amy V. Groom and James E. Check -- Hepatitis C / Victoria Davey -- HIV/AIDS / Inge Corless -- Legionellosis: Legionnaires' disease and Pontiac fever / Alicia M. Fry and Richard E. Besser -- Lyme disease, ehrlichiosis, and Babesiosis / Felissa R. Lashley -- Malaria / Roslyn Sykes and Gladys Mabunda -- Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis / Neil W. Schluger -- Prion diseases: Creutzfeld-Jakob disease and other transmissible spongiform encephalopathis / Noreen J. Mocsny and Felissa R. Lashley -- Drug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae / Victoria L. Anderson -- Vancomyin-resistant Enterococci / Nancy Khardori -- West Nile virus / Felissa R. Lashley -- The role of infection in some cancers and chronic diseases / Felissa R. Lashley -- Travel, recreation, and emerging infectious diseases / Felissa R. Lashley -- Immunocompromised persons and emerging infectious diseases / Victoria Davey -- Bioterrorism / Dennis M. Perrotta -- Behavioral and cultural aspects of transmission and infection / Barbara Jeanne Fahey -- Into the future / C. J. Peters.