Human Diseases from Wildlife
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Human Diseases from Wildlife

  1. 549 pages
  2. English
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Human Diseases from Wildlife

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Human Diseases from Wildlife presents information on the most prevalent and serious zoonotic diseases in the US and Canada, some of which have been national headline news like anthrax, influenza, and West Nile virus. Diseases that are caused by pathogens with the ability to infect both humans and animals are known as zoonotic diseases, which litera

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Publisher
CRC Press
Year
2014
ISBN
9781466562158
Edition
1
Topic
Medicine
Subtopic
Epidemiology

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Preface
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. Chapter 1: Introduction
  6. Chapter 2: Plague
  7. Chapter 3: Brucellosis
  8. Chapter 4: Tuberculosis
  9. Chapter 5: Tularemia
  10. Chapter 6: Leprosy
  11. Chapter 7: Anthrax
  12. Chapter 8: Rat-Bite Fever
  13. Chapter 9: Salmonellosis
  14. Chapter 10: Escherichia coli and Other Foodborne Diseases
  15. Chapter 11: Psittacosis and Other Zoonotic Diseases Caused by Chlamydia Species
  16. Chapter 12: Leptospirosis
  17. Chapter 13: Lyme Disease
  18. Chapter 14: Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever
  19. Chapter 15: Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever and Other Spotted Fevers
  20. Chapter 16: Q Fever and Coxiellosis
  21. Chapter 17: Epidemic Typhus and Murine Typhus
  22. Chapter 18: Ehrlichiosis and Anaplasmosis
  23. Chapter 19: Rabies
  24. Chapter 20: Equine Encephalitis : Eastern, Western, and Venezuelan
  25. Chapter 21: West Nile Virus and Other Diseases Caused by Flaviviruses : Yellow Fever, Dengue, St. Louis Encephalitis, Japanese Encephalitis, Powassan Encephalitis, and Deer Tick Virus
  26. Chapter 22: Colorado Tick Fever and Human Diseases Caused by Bunyaviruses : La Crosse Encephalitis, California Encephalitis, Cache Valley Virus, and Jamestown Canyon Virus
  27. Chapter 23: Hantaviruses
  28. Chapter 24: Influenza
  29. Chapter 25: Cryptococcosis
  30. Chapter 26: Histoplasmosis
  31. Chapter 27: Creutzfeldt–Jakob Disease in Humans, Chronic Wasting Disease in Cervids, Mad Cow Disease in Cattle, and Scrapie in Sheep and Goats
  32. Chapter 28: Baylisascariasis and Raccoon Roundworms
  33. Chapter 29: Trichinellosis
  34. Chapter 30: Swimmer’s Itch and Giardiasis
  35. Appendix A: Definition of Medical Terms Used in This Book
  36. Appendix B: Scientific Names for Species Mentioned in This Book
  37. Appendix C: Photos of North American Ticks, Lice, and Fleas That Can Transmit Diseases from Animals to Humans
  38. Appendix D: Zoonotic Diseases Covered in This Book
  39. Back Cover