| Description |
1 online resource (757 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Epidemics : fundamentals -- Disasters and epidemics -- Bio-safety -- Tuberculosis -- Plague -- Leptospirosis -- Dengue -- Japanese encephalitis -- Chikungunya fever -- West Nile fever -- Chandipura virus encephalitis -- Kyasanur forest diseases -- Hanta virus disease -- Influenza -- Sever acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) -- Nipah virus -- Paragonimiasis -- Melioidosis -- Biowarfare and bioterrorism -- Antimicrobial resistance -- Conventional methods for mosquito control -- New and potential techniques : mosquito control -- Other disease vectors and their control |
| Summary |
A global perspective on the management and prevention of emerging and re-emerging diseases Emerging infectious diseases are newly identified or otherwise previously unknown infections that cause public health challenges. Re-emerging infectious diseases are due to both the reappearance of and an increase in the number of infections from a disease that is known, but which had formerly caused so few infections that it was no longer considered a public health problem. The factors that cause the emergence or re-emergence of a disease are diverse. This book takes a look at the worl |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Online resource; title from digital title page (ebrary, viewed on October 28, 2014) |
| Subject |
Emerging infectious diseases -- Prevention
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Communicable Diseases, Emerging -- prevention & control
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Epidemics -- prevention & control
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Communicable Disease Control -- standards
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Hazardous Substances -- standards
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MEDICAL -- Epidemiology.
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MEDICAL -- Health Risk Assessment.
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Emerging infectious diseases -- Prevention
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Communicable diseases
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Epidemics
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Hazardous substances
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Raghuvanshi, Ruchika, author.
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| LC no. |
2013006644 |
| ISBN |
9781118393277 |
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1118393279 |
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9781118393260 |
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1118393260 |
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9781299678439 |
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1299678432 |
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9781118393253 |
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1118393252 |
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9781118393260 |
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1118393260 |
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9781118393277 |
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1118393279 |
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9781118393284 |
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1118393287 |
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