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Human leptospirosis : guidance for diagnosis, surveillance and control /
Leptospirosis is a potentially serious but treatable zoonotic disease representing a worldwide public health hazard. Its symptoms may mimic those of a number of other unrelated infections such as influenza meningitis hepatitis dengue or viral haemorrhagic fevers. It is important to distinguish lepto...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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[Geneva] :
World Health Organization,
2003.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- PREFACE
- INTRODUCTION
- I. MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY
- II. CLINICAL FEATURES AND TREATMENT
- III. LABORATORY SUPPORT
- IV. ANIMAL SOURCES OF INFECTION
- V. TYPING
- VI. TRANSMISSION AND EXPOSURE
- VII. PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION
- VIII. DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES, SURVEILLANCE AND OUTBREAK MANAGEMENT
- ANNEX 1 ADDRESSES OF EXPERT CENTRES AND THE INTERNATIONAL LEPTOSPIROSIS SOCIETY (ILS)
- ANNEX 2 RISK FACTORS AND RISK GROUPS
- ANNEX 3 CONTROL OF LEPTOSPIROSIS
- ANNEX 4 SURVEILLANCE
- ANNEX 5 CLINICAL FEATURES AND DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF LEPTOSPIROSIS.
- ANNEX 6 MICROSCOPY AND STAINING
- ANNEX 7 PATHOGENIC VERSUS SAPROPHYTIC LEPTOSPIRES
- ANNEX 8 SEROTYPING AND PREPARATION OF RABBIT ANTISERUM
- ANNEX 9 DNA-BASED CLASSIFICATION
- ANNEX 10 SEROLOGICAL TECHNIQUES (MAT AND ELISA)
- ANNEX 11 SEROLOGICAL TECHNIQUES OTHER THAN MAT AND ELISA
- ANNEX 12 ISOLATION AND CULTURE OF LEPTOSPIRES
- ANNEX 13 ISOLATION OF LEPTOSPIRES USING EXPERIMENTAL ANIMALS
- ANNEX 14 POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION (PCR)
- ANNEX 15 COMMERCIAL TESTS, CULTURE MEDIA, SERA, MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES AND LEPTOSPIRA STRAINS
- ANNEX 16 PREPARATION OF CULTURE MEDIA.
- ANNEX 17 SAFETY IN THE LABORATORY
- GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY
- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS.