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This multivolume handbook presents the most authoritative and comprehensive reference work on major zoonoses of the world. The Handbook of Zoonoses covers most diseases communicable to humans, as well as those diseases common to both animals and humans. It identifies animal diseases that are host specific and reviews the effects of various human diseases on animals. Discussions address diseases that remain important public and animal health problems and the techniques that can control and prevent them.
The chapters are written by internationally recognized scientists in their respective areas of disease, who work or have worked extensively in the most affected areas of the world. The emphasis for each zoonosis is on the epidemiology of the disease, the clinical syndromes and carrier states in infected animals and humans, and the most current methods for diagnosis and approaches to control. For infectious agents or biologic toxins, which may be transmitted by foods of animal origin, a strong focus is placed on food safety measures. The etiologic and therapeutic aspects of each disease important to epidemiology and control are identified.
List of contents
Introduction. Concepts in Bacterial, Rickettsial, Chlamydial, and Mycotic Zoonoses (G.W. Beran and J.H. Steele). Part I: Bacterial Zoonoses: Brucellosis (H.E. Metcalf, D.W. Luchsinger, and W.C. Ray). Tuberculosis, Tuberculoidoses, and Other Mycobacterial Infections (C.O. Thoen and D.E. Williams). Anthrax (H.W. Whitford and M.E. Hugh-Jones). Erysipelothrix Infections (R.L. Wood and J.H. Steele). Plague (J.D. Poland, T.J. Quan, and A.M. Barnes). Tularemia (C.E. Hopla and A.K. Hopla). Nonfoodborne Clostridial Diseases (D.A. Miller). Glanders and Melioidosis (M.G. Groves and K.S. Harrington). Streptococcal Infections (D.K. Blackmore and S.G. Fenwick). Arcobacter Infections (I.V. Wesley). Leprosy (Hansen's Disease) (S.R. Pattyn). Part II: Bacterial Zoonoses Principally Transmitted by Animal Bites and Scratches: Zoonoses Caused by Organisms Classified with Pasteurellaceae (M. Bisgaard, W. Frederiksen, W. Mannheim, and R. Mutters). Capnocytophaga and Related Infections (D.M. Sasaki, A.R. Katz, and C.R. Middleton). Cat Scratch Disease Including Bacillary Angiomatosis-Bacillary Peliosis (L.A. Will). Rat Bite Fevers (Haverhill Fever, Sodoku) (L.A. Will). Part III: Spirochetal Zoonoses: Leptospirosis (M. Torten and R.B. Marshall). Lyme Borreliosis (D.T. Dennis and S.E. Lance). Borreliosis (R.B. LeFebvre and J.L. Greenier). Part IV: Foodborne Bacterial Zoonoses and Intoxications: Mammalian Salmonellosis (C.J. Wray). Avian Salmonellosis (G.H. Snoeyenbos). Campylobacteriosis (S.M. Shane). Listeriosis (E.H. Marth). Escherichia coli 0157:H7 as a Foodborne Pathogen (P. Gallien and M. Hartung). Yersinia enterocolitica Infection (G. Kapperud). Clostridium perfringens Gastroenteritis (D.A. Franco). Botulism (D.A. Franco). Staphylococcal Food Poisoning (D.W. Lambe, W. Kloos, and V. Lachica). Foodborne Diseases Associated with Seafoods (D.A. Franco). Part V: Chlamydial Zoonoses: Avian Chlamydiosis (J.E. Grimes). Mammalian Chlamydiosis (C.J. Maré). Part VI: Rickettsial Zoonoses: Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (J.S. Dumler). Q Fever (J. Williams and V. Sanchez). Ehrlichiosis (M. Ristic). Murine Typhus (J.A. Rawlings and K.A. Clark). Scrub Typhus (M.G. Groves). Part VII: Mycotic Zoonoses: Superficial Mycoses (A.C. Pier). Systemic Mycoses (L. Ajello and A. Padhye). Mycotoxicoses (G.D. Osweiler and A.C. Pier). Index.
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George W. Beran
