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 /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Bellenir, Karen
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Detroit, MI : Omnigraphics, [2004]
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Health reference series (Unnumbered)
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Description
Physical Description:xiii, 634 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 585-590) and index.
ISBN:0780806751 (hard cover : alk. paper)