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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 / edited by Karen Bellenir.

Contributor(s): Series: Health reference series (Unnumbered)Publication details: Detroit, MI : Omnigraphics, c2004.Edition: 1st editionDescription: xiii, 634 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0780806751 (hard cover : alk. paper)
Subject(s): NLM classification:
  • WC 39 I438 2004
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Contents:
Part I : Understanding infectious Diseases Part II: Diseases acquired from food and drinking water Part III: Insect and animal borne diseases Part IV: Environmental contamination and microbe overgrowth Part V: The threat of Bioterrorism Part VI: Infectious Diseases research Part VII: Additional help and information
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 585-590) and index.

Part I : Understanding infectious Diseases

Part II: Diseases acquired from food and drinking water

Part III: Insect and animal borne diseases

Part IV: Environmental contamination and microbe overgrowth

Part V: The threat of Bioterrorism

Part VI: Infectious Diseases research

Part VII: Additional help and information

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