title: Emerging, evolving, and established infectious diseases and interventions.
abstract: Planning, implementing, and evaluating interventions against infectious diseases depend on the nature of the infectious disease; the availability of intervention measures; and logistical, economic, and political constraints. Infectious diseases and vaccine- or drug-based interventions can be loosely categorized by the degree to which the infectious disease and the intervention are well established. Pertussis, polio, and measles are three examples of long-known infectious diseases for which global vaccination has dramatically reduced the public health burden. Pertussis vaccination was introduced in the 1940s, polio vaccination in the 1950s, and measles vaccination in the 1960s, nearly eliminating these diseases in many places.
authors.affiliation: Center for Statistics and Quantitative Infectious Diseases, Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Avenue North, Seattle, WA 98109, USA. Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98105, USA. betz@u.washington.edu.
authors.forename: M Elizabeth
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Halloran
authors.affiliation: Center for Statistics and Quantitative Infectious Diseases, Department of Biostatistics, College of Public Health and Health Professions, and College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.
authors.forename: Ira M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Longini
mesh_terms: D002771:Cholera / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission; D003140:Communicable Disease Control; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission; D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D032541:Mass Vaccination / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008457:Measles / Q000517:prevention & control; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D011051:Poliomyelitis / Q000517:prevention & control