The report's findings were also published as a book, "Emerging Infections: Microbial Threats to Health in the United States" (1992).
"We are certain that there will be a continuous evolution of various natural plagues," said Dr. Frederick Sparling, a member of a National Academy of Sciences panel that recently issued a report, "Microbial Threats to Health".
AS for influenza, both John Barry and the editors of "Microbial Threats to Health" say what just about everyone who has studied the disease says: a new pandemic is inevitable.
"Microbial Threats to Health," edited by Mark S. Smolinski, Margaret A. Hamburg and Joshua Lederberg, provides an authoritative overview of the current dangers, together with recommendations for improving public health around the world.
Staph infections pose one of the most serious microbial threats to people.
In a 2003 Institute of Medicine report, Microbial Threats to Health, antimicrobial resistance was noted as a paramount microbial threat of the twenty-first century (2).
The 1992 Institute of Medicine report Emerging Infections: Microbial Threats to Health in the United States describes the ability of microbes to adapt, the development of antimicrobial drug resistance, and the importance of recognizing and monitoring emerging microbial threats to human health (1 ).
The Institute of Medicine's Committee on Emerging Microbial Threats to Health believes that this threat will continue and may even intensify in coming years" (1).
In 2003 the Institute of Medicine published a report entitled Microbial Threats to Health, which highlighted the need for a global approach to preparedness [ 2].
Arguably, Bob's most important contribution was his co-chairing, along with Joshua Lederberg and Stanley Oaks, of the Institute of Medicine Committee on Emerging Microbial Threats to Health.
