Historical overview of global infectious diseases and geopolitics / Francis EG Cox, Frank J Bia -- Nontraditional infectious diseases surveillance systems / Davidson H Hamer, Kamran Khan, Matthew German, Lawrence C Madoff -- Air travel -- which infectious disease control measures are worthwhile? / Karen J Marienau -- Infectious illnesses on cruise and cargo ships / Joanna J Regan, J Scott Vega, Clive M Brown -- Microbes on the move: prevention, required vaccinations, curtailment, outbreak / Patricia Schlagenhauf-Lawlor, Giles Poumerol, Francisco Santos-O'Connor -- Diagnostic tests and procedures / Eskild Petersen, Tom Boyles -- Central Africa / Gerd D Burchard, Martin P Grobusch -- East Africa / Philippe Gautret, Philippe Parola -- Eastern Africa / Andreas Neumayr, Christoph Hatz -- North Africa / Philippe Gautret, Nadjet Mouffok, Philippe Parola -- Southern Africa / Marc Mendelson, Olga Perovic, Lucille Blumberg -- West Africa / Boubacar Maiga, Patrick Ayeh-Kumi -- East Asia / Bin Cao, Fei Zhou, Mikio Kimura -- South Central Asia / Holy Murphy, Gulzhan Abuova, Prativa Pandey -- South-east Asia / Daniel H Paris, Nicholas J White -- Western Asia and the Middle East / Jaffar A Al-Tawfiq, Seif S Al-Abri, Ziad A Memish -- Eastern Europe / Natalia Pshenichnaya, Malgorzata Paul, Alexander Erovichenkov -- Northern Europe / Birgitta Evengard, Audrone Marcinkute, Eskild Petersen -- Southern Europe / Francesco Castelli, Androula Pavli, Pier Francesco Giorgetti -- Western Europe / Peter J Vries, Eric Caumes -- The Caribbean / Elizabeth A Talbot, Laura E Shevy -- Central America / Larry I Lutwick, Alfonso J Rodriguez-Morales -- South America / Rodrigo Nogueira Angerami, Luiz Jacintho Silva, Alfonso J Rodriguez-Morales -- Northern America / Barbra M Blair, Philip R Fischer, Michael Libman, Lin H Chen -- Australia, New Zealand / Karin Leder, Joseph Torresi, Marc Shaw -- Oceania / Karin Leder, Joseph Torresi, Marc Shaw -- Arctic and Antarctica / Anders Koch, Michael G Bruce, Karin Ladefoged -- The immunosuppressed patient / Brian T Montague, Christopher M Salas, Terri L Montague, Maria D Mileno -- Emerging infections / Mary E Wilson -- Migration and the geography of disease / Rogelio López-Vélez, Francesca F Norman, José-Antonio Pérez-Molina -- Climate change and the geographical distribution of infectious diseases / Ashwin Swaminathan, Elvina Viennet, Anthony J McMichael, David Harley.