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Emerging epidemics : management and control / Prakash S. Bisen and Ruchika Raghuvanshi.

By: Bisen, Prakash S [author.]Contributor(s): Raghuvanshi, Ruchika [author.]Material type: TextTextPublication details: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley Blackwell, ©2013. Description: 1 online resource (757 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781118393277; 1118393279; 9781118393260; 1118393260; 9781299678439; 1299678432; 9781118393253; 1118393252; 9781118393260; 1118393260; 9781118393277; 1118393279; 9781118393284; 1118393287Subject(s): Emerging infectious diseases -- Prevention | Communicable Diseases, Emerging -- prevention & control | Epidemics -- prevention & control | Communicable Disease Control -- standards | Hazardous Substances -- standards | MEDICAL -- Epidemiology | MEDICAL -- Health Risk Assessment | Communicable diseases | Epidemics | Hazardous substancesGenre/Form: Electronic books. | Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Emerging epidemics.DDC classification: 614.4 LOC classification: RA651NLM classification: WA 110Online resources: Wiley Online Library
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.
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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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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