| Description |
1 online resource (2 volumes (1307 pages)) : illustrations (some color), color maps |
| Contents |
Volume 1. African Sleeping Sickness -- AIDS -- AIDS: Origin of the Modern Pandemic -- Airborne Precautions -- Alveolar Echinococcosis -- Amebiasis -- Anellovirus -- Angiostrongyliasis -- Animal Importation -- Anisakiasis -- Anthrax -- Anti-Cytokine Antibody Syndrome -- Antibacterial Drugs -Antibiotic Resistance -- Antimicrobial Soaps -- Antiviral Drugs -- Arthropod-borne Disease -- Ascariasis -- Asilomar Conference -- Aspergillosis -- Avian Influenza -- B Virus (Cercopithecine herpesvirus 1) Infection -- Babesiosis (Babesia Infection) -- Bacterial Disease -- Balantidiasis -- Baylisascaris Infection -- Biological Weapons Convention -- Bioterrorism -- Blastomycosis -- Blood Supply and Infectious Disease -- Bloodborne Pathogens -- Botulism -- Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (Mad Cow Disease) -- Brucellosis -- Burkholderia -- Buruli (Bairnsdale) Ulcer -- Campylobacter Infection -- Cancer and Infectious Disease -- Candidiasis -- Cat Scratch Disease -- CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) -- Chagas Disease -- Chickenpox (Varicella) -- Chikungunya -- Childhood-Associated Infectious Diseases, Immunization Impacts -- Chlamydia Infection -- Chlamydia Pneumoniae -- Cholera -- Climate Change and Infectious Disease -- Clostridium difficile Infection -- CMV (Cytomegalovirus) Infection -- Coccidioidomycosis -- Cohorted Communities and Infectious Disease -- Cold Sores -- Colds (Rhinitis) -- Contact Lenses and Fusarium Keratitis -- Contact Precautions -- Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease -- Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever -- Cryptococcus neoformans Infection -- Cryptosporidiosis -- Culture and Sensitivity -- Cyclosporiasis -- Demographics and Infectious Disease -- Dengue and Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever -- Developing Nations and Drug Delivery -- Diphtheria -- Disinfection -- Dracunculiasis -- Droplet Precautions -- Dysentery -- Ear Infection (Otitis Media) -- Eastern Equine Encephalitis -- Ebola -- Economic Development and Infectious Disease -- Emerging Infectious Diseases -- Encephalitis -- Endemnicity -- Enterovirus 71 infection -- Epidemiology -- Epstein-Barr Virus -- Escherichia coli O157:H7 -- Exposed: Scientists Who Risked Disease for Discovery -- Fifth Disease -- Filariasis -- Food-Borne Disease and Food Safety -- Gastroenteritis (Common Causes) -- Genetic Identification of Microorganisms -- Genital Herpes -- Germ Theory of Disease -- Giardiasis -- GIDEON -- Glanders (Melioidosis) -- Globalization and Infectious Disease -- Gonorrhea -- H5N1 -- Haemophilus Influenzae -- Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease -- Handwashing -- Hantavirus -- Helicobacter pylori -- Helminth Disease -- Hemorrhaghic Fevers -- Hepatitis A -- Hepatitis B -- Hepatitis C -- Hepatitis D -- Hepatitis E -- Herpes Simplex 1 Virus -- Herpes Simplex 2 Virus -- Histoplasmosis -- HIV -- Hookworm (Ancylostoma) Infection -- Host and Vector -- Hot Tub Rash (Pseudomonas aeruginosa Dermatitis) -- HPV (Human Papillomavirus) Infection -- Immigration and Infectious Disease -- Immune Response to Infection -- Impetigo -- Infection Control and Asepesis -- Influenza -- Influenza Pandemic of 1918 -- Influenza Pandemic of 1957 -- Influenza, Tracking Seasonal Influences and Virus Mutation -- Isolation and Quarantine -- Japanese Encephalitis -- Kawasaki Disease -- Koch's Postulates -- Kuru -- Lassa Fever -- Legionnaires' Disease (Legionellosis) -- Legislation, International Law, and Infectious Diseases -- Leishmaniasis -- Leprosy (Hansen's Disease) -- Leptospirosis -- Lice Infestation (Pediculosis) -- Listeriosis -- Liver Fluke Infection -- Lung Fluke (Paragonimus) Infection -- Lyme Disease |
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Volume 2. Macrophage Activation Syndrome -- Malaria -- Marburg Hemorrhagic Fever -- Marine Toxins -- Measles (Rubeola) -- Médicins Sans Frontièrs (Doctors without Borders) -- Meningitis, Bacterial -- Meningitis, Viral -- Microbial Evolution -- Microorganisms -- Microscope and Microscopy -- Microsporidiosis -- Monkeypox -- Mononucleosis -- Mosquito-Borne Diseases -- MRSA -- Mumps -- Mycotic Disease -- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases -- Necrotizing Fasciitis -- Nipah Virus Encephalitis -- Nocardiosis -- Norovirus Infection -- Nosocomial (Healthcare-Associated) Infections -- Notifiable Diseases -- Opportunistic Infection -- Outbreaks: Field-Level Response -- Pandemic Preparedness -- Parasitic Diseases -- Personal Protective Equipment -- Pink Eye (Conjunctivitis) -- Pinworm (Enterobius vermicularis) Infection -- Plague, Early History -- Plague, Modern History -- Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia -- Pneumonia -- Polio Eradication Campaign -- Polio (Poliomyelitis) -- Powassan Virus -- President's (Obama Adminstration) Initiative on Combating Antibiotic Resistance -- Prion Disease -- ProMED -- Protozoan diseases -- Psittacosis -- Public Health and Infectious Disease -- Puerperal Fever -- Q Fever -- Rabies -- Rapid Diagnostic Tests for Infectious Diseases -- Rat-Bite Fever -- Re-emerging Infectious Diseases -- Relapsing Fever -- Resistant Organisms -- Retroviruses -- Rickettsial Disease -- Rift Valley Fever -- Ringworm -- River Blindness (Onchocerciasis) -- Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever -- Rotavirus Infection -- RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection) Infection -- Rubella -- Salmonella Infection (Salmonellosis) -- Sanitation -- SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) -- Scabies -- Scarlet Fever -- Schistosomiasis (Bilharzia) -- Scrofula: The King's Evil -- Sepsis as a WHO Priority -- Severe Fever With Thrombocytopenia Syndrome -- Sexually Transmitted Infections -- Shigellosis -- Shingles (Herpes Zoster) Infection -- Smallpox -- Smallpox Eradication and Storage -- Sporotrichosis -- St. Louis Encephalitis -- Standard Precautions -- Staphylococcus aureus Infection -- Sterilization -- Strep Throat -- Streptococcal Infections, Group A -- Streptococcal Infections, Group B -- Strongyloidiasis -- Swimmer's Ear and Swimmer's Itch (Cercarial Dermatitis) -- Syphilis -- Taeniasis (Taenia Infection) -- Talaromycosis -- Tapeworm Infection -- Tetanus -- Tick-Borne Diseases -- Toxic Shock -- Toxoplasmosis (Toxoplasma Infection) -- Trachoma -- Travel and Infectious Disease -- Trichinellosis -- Trichomoniasis -- Tropical Infectious Diseases -- Tuberculosis -- Tularemia -- Typhoid Fever -- Typhus -- UNICEF -- United Nations Millennium Goals and Infectious Disease -- Urinary Tract Infection -- USAMRIID (United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases) -- Vaccines and Vaccine Development -- Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci -- Vector-Borne Disease -- Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis Virus -- Viral Disease -- Virus Hunters -- War and Infectious Disease -- Water-Borne Disease -- West Nile Virus -- Whipworm (Trichuriasis) -- Whooping Cough (Pertussis) -- Women and Infectious Disease -- World Health Organization (WHO) -- World Trade and Infectious Disease -- Yaws -- Yellow Fever -- Yersiniosis -- Zika Virus -- Zoonoses |
| Summary |
Covers the history, politics, and ethical debate related to infectious diseases. Includes articles on how such diseases impact trade and commerce, travel, and the future of industrialized and impoverished nations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Communicable Diseases.
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Communicable diseases -- Encyclopedias
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Communicable diseases.
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| Genre/Form |
Encyclopedia.
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Encyclopedias.
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Encyclopedias.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Riggs, Thomas J., editor.
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| ISBN |
1410381315 |
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9781410381316 |
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