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Microbial Zoonoses and Sapronoses

This book presents the state of art in the field of microbial zoonoses and sapronoses. It could be used as a textbook or manual in microbiology and medical zoology for students of human and veterinary medicine, including Ph.D. students, and for biomedicine scientists and medical practitioners and sp...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Hubálek, Zdenek (Autor), Rudolf, Ivo (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
Edición:1st ed. 2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1
  • Introduction
  • 2. Types of human disease by source of the infectious agent
  • 3. A history of zoonoses and sapronoses and research into them
  • 4. The infection process in zoonoses and sapronoses
  • 4.1. Infectious agent
  • 4.2. Infection entry
  • 4.3. Infection course and host defence
  • 5. The epidemic process in zoonoses and sapronoses
  • 5.1. Characteristics of the epidemic process
  • 5.2. External factors in the epidemic process
  • 5.3. Natural focality of diseases
  • 5.4. Epidemiological examination in the focus of an infectious disease
  • 5.5. Epidemiological surveillance
  • 5.6. The control of zoonoses and sapronoses
  • 6. Haematophagous arthropods as vectors of diseases
  • 6.1. Characteristics of transmission of infections by arthropods
  • 6.2. A survey of haematophagous vectors of microbial diseases
  • 6.3. A list of microbial agents transmitted by vectors
  • 7. Vertebrates as hosts and reservoirs of zoonotic microbial agents
  • 7.1. Mammals (Mammalia)
  • 7.2. Birds (Aves)
  • 7.3. Reptiles (Reptilia)
  • 7.4. Amphibians (Amphibia)
  • 7.5. Fishes (Pisces)
  • 8. Systematic survey of zoonotic and sapronotic microbial agents
  • 8.1. Prions
  • 8.2. Viruses
  • 8.3. Bacteria
  • 8.4. Fungi
  • 8.5. Protozoa
  • 8.6. Other eucaryotic microorganisms
  • 9. Literature
  • 10. Index.