An edition of Infectious diseases sourcebook (2004)

Infectious diseases sourcebook

basic consumer health information about non-contagious bacterial, viral, prion, fungal, and parasitic diseases spread by food and water, insects and animals, or environmental contact, including botulism, E. coli, encephalitis, Legionnaires' disease, Lyme disease, malaria, plague, rabies, salmonella, tetanus, and others, and facts about newly emerging diseases, such as hantavirus, mad cow disease, monkeypox, and West Nile virus, along with information about preventing disease transmission, the threat of bioterrorism, and current research initiatives, with a glossary and directory of resources for more information

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An edition of Infectious diseases sourcebook (2004)

Infectious diseases sourcebook

basic consumer health information about non-contagious bacterial, viral, prion, fungal, and parasitic diseases spread by food and water, insects and animals, or environmental contact, including botulism, E. coli, encephalitis, Legionnaires' disease, Lyme disease, malaria, plague, rabies, salmonella, tetanus, and others, and facts about newly emerging diseases, such as hantavirus, mad cow disease, monkeypox, and West Nile virus, along with information about preventing disease transmission, the threat of bioterrorism, and current research initiatives, with a glossary and directory of resources for more information

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Omnigraphics
Language
English
Pages
634

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Table of Contents

Understanding infectious diseases
What are infectious diseases?
What is a microbe?
Avoiding infectious diseases
What is an infectious diseases specialist?
The immune system: the body's first line of defense
Diseases acquired from food and drinking water
Botulism
Brucellosis
Campylobacter infections
Cryptosporidiosis
Cysticercosis
Escherichia coli (E. coli)
Gastroenteritis
Giardiasis
Helicobacter pylori and peptic ulcers
Listeriosis
Shigellosis
Salmonellosis
Travelers' diarrhea
Trichinellosis
Typhoid fever
Vibrio diseases
Yersinia enterocolitica
Insect and animal borne diseases
Cat scratch disease and other infections pets carry
Encephalitis
Ehrlichiosis
Hantavirus
Leishmaniasis
Lyme disease
Lymphatic filariasis
Mad cow disease
Malaria
Monkeypox
Plague
Rabies
Raccoon roundworm
Rickettsial infections
River blindness
Rocky Mountain spotted fever
Toxocariasis
Toxoplasmosis
Trypanosomiasis diseases
Tularemia
Viral hemorrhagic fevers
West Nile virus
Yellow fever
Environmental contamination and microbe overgrowth
Acanthamoeba infection
Anthrax
Ascaris infection
Aspergillosis
Candidiasis
Cryptococcosis
Histoplasmosis
Hookworm
Legionnaires' disease and Pontiac fever
Schistosomiasis
Sepsis
Staph infections
Swimmers itch
Tetanus
Urinary tract infections
The threat of bioterrorism
Be informed regarding biological threats
Biological weapons: agents of special concern
Food safety and terrorism
National pharmaceutical stockpile
Sheltering in place
Radiation emergencies
Other toxic agents
Infectious disease research
Infectious disease milestones and statistics
Addressing the problem of infectious disease transmission
Inside a biosafety level 4 (BSL-4) laboratory
Deciphering pathogens: blueprints for new medical tools
Stress and disease: new perspectives
Food irradiation: a tool against foodborne pathogens
Pressure combined with heat reduces prion infectivity in processed meats
Single protein is key in response to bacterial and viral infections

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 585-590) and index

Published in
Detroit, MI
Series
Health reference series, Health reference series (Unnumbered)
Genre
Popular works

Classifications

Library of Congress
RA643 .I6545 2004

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiii, 634 p. :
Number of pages
634

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL17171895M
Internet Archive
infectiousdiseas0000unse
ISBN 10
0780806751
LCCN
2004004726
OCLC/WorldCat
54537904

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