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)
Subjects:

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245 0 0 |a Infectious diseases sourcebook :  |b 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 /  |c edited by Karen Bellenir. 
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505 0 |a 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-- 
505 0 |a 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. 
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